Sequatchie Quarry

Producer in Sequatchie county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106814
MRDS ID K001337
Record type Site
Current site name Sequatchie Quarry
Related records 10129738

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.41801, 35.3515 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 2.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUNLAP ON NORTH SIDE OF JOHNSON MILL CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sequatchie(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Daus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sequatchie(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sequatchie

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 21.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dunlap Stone Co., Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 27, Dunlap, Tn. 37327
  • Type Owner
    Owner David Bradford And O. K. Hege
    Home office Route 1, Dunlap, Tn. 37327

Comments on the production information

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

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: NOV. 6 - 7 , 1973 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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)

StatusActive since 02/04/1985
MSHA mine ID4000031
Mine name (MSHA)Sequatchie Quarry
Current operatorDunlap Stone Inc
Current controller (parent)Jeremy L Thomas
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (632 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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