Hillsboro Mine

Producer in Coffee county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10178821
MRDS ID W022626
MAS/MILS ID 0470310012
Record type Site
Current site name Hillsboro Mine
Alternate or previous names Cumberland Mountain Sand Co. Pit.
Related records 10075857

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.89166, 35.38341 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coffee(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Elk(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Coffee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.89166, 35.38341

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cumberland Mtn Sand Co.
    ID 4000786
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    1981 RCF LIST

  • Deposit

    1981 CMS LIST

  • Deposit

    ASSOCIATED WITH MILL SEQ. #0470319002

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 02/22/2011
MSHA mine ID4000786
Mine name (MSHA)RGI Cumberland Mountain Sand
Current operatorRogers Group, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Rogers Group Inc
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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