Crab Orchard Quarry

Past Producer in Cumberland county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10129471
MRDS ID	W022634
MAS/MILS ID	0470350011
Record type	Site
Current site name	Crab Orchard Quarry
Related records	10075859

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-84.88603, 35.9051 (WGS84)
Elevation	552

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
Stone	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-84.88603, 35.9051	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0470350011
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W022634	MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

Deposit

REF: CRIB RECORD NO. K001298.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	15-NOV-1983	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)

Status	Active since 01/01/1992
MSHA mine ID	4000087
Mine name (MSHA)	Crab Orchard Mine and Mill
Current operator	Lhoist North America of Tennessee, LLC
Current controller (parent)	Lhoist Group
Mine type	Underground (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (997 m, 0.83 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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