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Grundy Limestone Company Pit No. 84

Producer in Grundy 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 10106816
MRDS ID K001346
Record type Site
Current site name Grundy Limestone Company Pit No. 84
Related records 10202578

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.83552, 35.46317 (WGS84)
Elevation 390
Relative position ON 108 HWY. 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIOLA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grundy(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cane Hollow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chattanooga(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 Grundy

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.83552, 35.46317
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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 Grundy Limestone Co., Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 735, Mcminnville, Tn. 37110
  • Type Owner
    Owner Elijah Rhea
    Home office P. O. Box 735, Mcminnville, Tn. 37110

Comments on the production information

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: MAY 31 - JUNE 1 , 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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