Turner Brothers Quarry

Producer in Cumberland county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106803
MRDS ID K001191
Record type Site
Current site name Turner Brothers Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.97965, 35.94232 (WGS84)
Elevation 527
Relative position 1.75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DORTON ON NORTH SIDE OF MUDDY BRANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dorton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Emory(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Crossville Sandstone, Sst
    Rock description Crossville Sandstone, Sst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.97965, 35.94232

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1946
Production years 1946

Mining district

District name Crab Orchard District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Turner Brothers Stone Co.
    Home office Crossville, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBB, G. W., 1958, THE SANDSTONE INDUSTRY OF THE CROSSVILLE-CRAB ORCHARD DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR., V. 33, NO. 1, P. 89-100

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/11/2015
MSHA mine ID4000095
Mine name (MSHA)Turner Brothers Stone Quarry
Current operatorTurner Brothers Stone of Crossville, Inc
Current controller (parent)Howard L Mercer
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (60 m, 0.83 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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