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Mcminnville Stone Co. Quarry

Producer in Warren county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106805
MRDS ID K001293
Record type Site
Current site name Mcminnville Stone Co. Quarry
Related records 10178404

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.67495, 35.6426 (WGS84)
Elevation 317
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCMINNVILLE AND 2000 FEET EAST OF STATE HWY. 8.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cardwell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Collins(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Warren

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-90.92%
Result MGCO3-3.97%
Result SIO2-3.15%
Result AL2O3-0.80%
Result FE203-0.15%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Monteagle Limestone, Limestone
    Rock description Monteagle Limestone, Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 41.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mcminnville Stone Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 410, Mcminnville, Tn. 37110
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hubert Boyd
    Home office P. O. Box 410, Mcminnville, Tn. 37110

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - GREATER THAN 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY AND WET SCREENING, ON SITE MILL.

Comments on development

  • PIT OPENED IN 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, R. E. AND MAHER, S. W., 1963, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 65, 231 P

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: JAN. 23 , 1973 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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