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Blue Springs Rock, Inc.

Producer in Maury county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026537
MRDS ID K005254
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Springs Rock, Inc.
Related records 10248869

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -87.06958, 35.62584 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maury(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Godwin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hohenwald(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Duck(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Maury

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE RIGHT BANK OF GOOSE CREEK, AND NORTH SIDE OF BLUE SPRINGS ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result TEST RESULTS OF SAMPLE FOR COARSE AGGREGATE (BY TENN. DEPT. HIGHWAYS DIVISION OF MATERIALS AND TESTS): SP. GRAV. 2.701
Result L.A. FOR SIZE A 22.9%
Result 98.56% SOUNDNESS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ridley Limestone
    Rock description Ridley Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -87.06958, 35.62584
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Beds Are Horizontal

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 28.35M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FORMATION CONSISTS OF BROWNISH-GRAY TO YELLOWISH-BROWN, CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE TO VERY FINE-GRAINED WITH SOME COARSE-GRAINED BEDS; MEDIUM- TO THICK-BEDDED, WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE AS SMALL IRREGULAR MOTTLINGS AND THIN BANDS, AND THIN LENSES OF CHERT LOCALLY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1976

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Blue Springs Rock, Inc.; Clinton And Morton Damron

Comments on the production information

  • IN A SENSE, THE QUARRY IS A CAPTIVE OPERATION OF A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, ALTHOUGH THE STONE IS ALSO SOLD TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • DIMENSIONS OF THE MINED AREA REPRESENT THE AREA THAT HAD BEEN STRIPPED AS OF SUMMER, 1976. PRODUCTION FOR 1976 WAS FROM TWO PITS WITHIN THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C. W., JR., AND MILLER, R. A., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GLENDALE QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY GM 64-SW, SCALE 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1963 GEOLMAP WILSON AND MILLER, TENN. DIV. GEOL., GM 64-S

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE FORMATION BEING QUARRIED AVERAGES 93 FEET THICK; AS MUCH AS 8 FEET OF THIN-BEDDED, SHALY LIMESTONE WHICH IS UNSATISFACTORY IS STRIPPED TO EXPOSE THE TOP OF THE FAVORABLE FORMATION.
Deposit THE OVERLYING LEBANON LIMESTONE CONTAINS ABUNDANT SHALE PARTINGS, IS THIN-BEDDED, AND UNSATISFACTORY FOR USE AS GENERAL-PURPOSE STONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-77 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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