Franklin Pit & Plant

Past Producer in Williamson 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 10227371
MRDS ID K001287
MAS/MILS ID 0471870018
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin Pit & Plant
Alternate or previous names Franklin Pit, Vulcan Materials Co., Midsouth Div.
Related records 10025424

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.89139, 35.9051 (WGS84)
Elevation 232

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Williamson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leipers Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Harpeth(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Williamson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.89139, 35.9051

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Vulcan Materials Co.
    ID 4000118
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001287.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS MAY 5, 1971 AND

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 17 AND 18, 1973.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE KAL-HAUN ESTATE.

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE DOVE FACIES OF THE ORDOVICIAN

  • Deposit

    CANNON LIMESTONE.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LIST; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT, SEQ. NO. 0471879001.

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.