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Carthage Stone Co. Quarry

Producer in Smith 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178437
MRDS ID K001375
MAS/MILS ID 0471590002
Record type Site
Current site name Carthage Stone Co. Quarry
Alternate or previous names Carthage Stone Company Quarry, Carthage Stone Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.97716, 36.27369 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Relative position ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES NW OF CARTHAGE AND 1/4 MILE N OF STATE HIGHWAY 25.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smith(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carthage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Smith

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Catheys-Leipers Formation, Limestone;Bigby-Cannon Limestone, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.97716, 36.27369
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30.48M

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 Carthage Stone Co.
    Home office Box 129, Carthage, Tn. 37030
  • Type Owner
    Owner Maggart, A. V. And Louise
    Home office Route 1, Carthage, Tn. 37030

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - 150,000 TO 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING, ON SITE MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001375.
    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY A A.V. AND LOUISE MAGGART.
    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL
    LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN CATHEYS-LEIPERS
    FORMATION AND THE ORDOVICIAN BIGBY-CANNON LIMESTONE.

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 25-AUG-2009 Illo, Diane R. Contractor

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

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