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Rutherford County Highway Department Quarry

Producer in Rutherford county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Limestone, High Calcium
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106819
MRDS ID K001366
Record type Site
Current site name Rutherford County Highway Department Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.39859, 35.76121 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES S. OF MURFREESBORO AND 1000 FEET E. OF U. S. HIGHWAY 241.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murfreesboro(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 Rutherford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-96.15%, MGCO3-2.54%, FE2O3 + AL2O3-0.20%, INSOL. SILIC. MATTER - 1.14%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.39859, 35.76121
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 16.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rutherford County Highway Department
    Home office Rt. 1, Murfreesboro, Tn. 37130
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rutherford County

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING . MATERIAL FOR ROADBASE STONE AND RIPRAP-JETTY.

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

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