Mine detail: Pilot Knob Quarry

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Location: Sumner County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.34953, -86.53331
dep_id: 10025486
mrds_id: K001365
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Limestone
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Bigby-Cannon Limestone, Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
References:
  • Deposit:: HERSHEY, R. E. AND MAHER, S. W., 1963, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 65, 231 P
  • Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY
  • Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT
  • Production:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY
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