Craighead Quarry

Producer in Monroe county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10178339
MRDS ID K001290
MAS/MILS ID 0471230018
Record type Site
Current site name Craighead Quarry
Related records 10025426

Comments on the site identification

  • # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0471239001.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.37351, 35.5984 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Madisonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.37351, 35.5984

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN LENOIR LIMESTONE A
  • ORDOVICIAN MASCOT DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Craighead Limestone Quarry
    ID 4000024
  • Type Owner
    Owner JOHN HOWELL

Comments on development

  • OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001290.

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

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)

StatusActive since 04/25/1990
MSHA mine ID4000024
Mine name (MSHA)Sweetwater Quarry
Current operatorVulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Current controller (parent)Vulcan Materials Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references