Crab Orchard Mill

Producer in Cumberland county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Flagstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129186
MAS/MILS ID 0470359004
Record type Site
Current site name Crab Orchard Mill
Alternate or previous names Crossville Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -84.98883, 35.9579 (WGS84)
Elevation 567
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dorton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Emory(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Flagstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -84.98883, 35.9579

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Loeffler Quarries No 3 Inc
    ID 4000741
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/28/2000
MSHA mine ID4000741
Mine name (MSHA)CROSSVILLE MILL
Current operatorTennessee Building Stone Inc
Current controller (parent)David M Rose
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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