Turner Brothers Quarry

Producer in Cumberland county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone
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 10225989
MRDS ID W022636
MAS/MILS ID 0470350010
Record type Site
Current site name Turner Brothers Quarry
Alternate or previous names Turner Brothrs Stone Company, Inc.
Related records 10075860

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.97963, 35.9423 (WGS84)
Elevation 527

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, Crushed/Broken Tertiary
Flagstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.97963, 35.9423

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 Turner Brothers Stone Co. Inc.
    ID 4000095
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001191.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT NOVEMBER 7-8, 1972.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY TURNER BROTHERS STONE COMPANY, INC.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A PERMANENT MILL.

  • Deposit

    SANDSTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE EARLY PENN. CROSSVILLE SANDST

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0470359008.

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)

StatusAbandoned since 02/11/2015
MSHA mine ID4000095
Mine name (MSHA)Turner Brothers Stone Quarry
Current operatorTurner Brothers Stone of Crossville, Inc
Current controller (parent)Howard L Mercer
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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