Carthage Mine

Producer in Smith county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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 10202660
MAS/MILS ID 0471590005
Record type Site
Current site name Carthage Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -85.97496, 36.27089 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

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
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -85.97496, 36.27089

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mid-South Stone Co.
    ID 4000842
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTING 11/23/79

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 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 11/15/1985
MSHA mine ID4000842
Mine name (MSHA)Carthage Mine And Mill
Current operatorMid-South Stone 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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External references