Posey Quarry.

Past Producer in Meigs county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100131
MRDS ID W022837
Record type Site
Current site name Posey Quarry.
Related records 10251138

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.9316, 35.32955 (WGS84)
Elevation 226

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meigs(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Birchwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Meigs

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.9316, 35.32955

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, ROBERT E. AND MAHER, STUART W., 1963, TENNESSEE DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 65, PAGE 177.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY WAS OPERATED BY MEIGS STONE COMPANY, INCORPORATED.

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONE WAS QUARRIED FROM UNITED 4 OF THE ORDOVICIAN CHICKAMAUGALIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1963 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.