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Norvell Quarry

Producer in Cannon 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106812
MRDS ID K001327
Record type Site
Current site name Norvell Quarry
Related records 10154445

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.05553, 35.80288 (WGS84)
Elevation 297
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 MILE SSE OF WOODBURY ON E SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 53.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cannon(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stones(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Cannon

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-87.74%, MGCO3-6.44%, INSOL. SILIC. MATTER-5.04%, FE2O3+AL2O3-0.80%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Catheys Formation (Lower Few Feet) & Bigby-Cannon Limestone
    Rock description Catheys Formation (Lower Few Feet) & Bigby-Cannon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.05553, 35.80288
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 25.91M

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 Woodbury Stone Co.
    Home office Box D, Woodbury, Tn. 37190
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ina Smith
    Home office Woodbury, Tn. 37190

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION-LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING , ON SITE MILL. MATERIAL FOR BITUMINOUS AGGREGATE AND AG. LIME.

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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