Posey Quarry

Past Producer in Meigs 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251138
MRDS ID W022837
MAS/MILS ID 0471210002
Record type Site
Current site name Posey Quarry
Alternate or previous names Posey Quarry., Meigs Stone Company, Inc.
Related records 10100131

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.93163, 35.32951 (WGS84)
Elevation 226

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meigs(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Birchwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Meigs

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.93163, 35.32951

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, ROBERT E. AND MAHER, STUART W., 1963, TENNESSEE DIV

  • Deposit

    OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 65, PAGE 177.

  • Deposit

    LMS WAS QUARRIED FROM UNIT 4 OF THE ORD CHICKAMAUGA LIMESTON

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.