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Nashville Plant

Producer in Davidson 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106809
MRDS ID K001312
Record type Site
Current site name Nashville Plant
Related records 10298987

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.80777, 36.2287 (WGS84)
Elevation 149
Relative position BETWEEN KNIGHT ROAD AND WHITES CREEK PIKE, 1 1/2 MILE NW OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nashville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland-Sycamore(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Davidson

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-83.18%, MGCO3-4.06%, INSOL. SILIC. MATTER-9.72%, FE2O3 + AL2O3-2.68%, CACO4 . 2H2O-.37%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.80777, 36.2287
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 42.67M

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 Menefee Crushed Stone Co.
    Home office Whites Creek Pike, P. O. Box 387, Nashville, Tn. 37202
  • Type Owner
    Owner Albert Menefee, Jr.
    Home office Holly Tree Gap Road, Brentwood, Tn. 37027

Comments on the production information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • GYPSUM NODULE ZONE AT 30 FEET ABOVE FLOOR AND ANOTHER 5 FEET FROM TOP OF QUARRY

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 REPORTS APRIL 26 - 27 , 1972 , AND MAY 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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