Penhook Mine

Producer in Putnam county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10276035
MRDS ID W022872
MAS/MILS ID 0471410004
Record type Site
Current site name Penhook Mine
Alternate or previous names Hoyts Sand Company
Related records 10100136

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.31934, 36.12679 (WGS84)
Elevation 549

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monterey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.31934, 36.12679

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001525.

  • Deposit

    SAND & GRAVEL IS MINED FROM THE PENN SEWANEE CONGLOMERATE

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.