Okolona Quarry

Producer in Jefferson county in Kentucky, 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 10242674
MAS/MILS ID 0211110009
Record type Site
Current site name Okolona Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -85.72215, 38.10086 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brooks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Louisville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Louisville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio-Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -85.72215, 38.10086

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Vulcan Materials Co., Midsouth Division
    ID 1500108
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE SEQ NO.-021-111-0008

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPTS. 11-19-81 AND 8-5-81

  • Deposit

    MSHA IST 5-18-81

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS ISTS 10-81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOC. WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0211119009

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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 07/16/1984
MSHA mine ID1500108
Mine name (MSHA)Okolona Quarry
Current operatorVulcan Materials Company
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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