Mt. Vernon Quarry (Craighead Limestone Company), Monroe Co., Tennessee, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 35° 25' 30'' North , 84° 21' 11'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 35.42500,-84.35306 |
GeoHash: | G#: dnk182zvx |
Locality type: | Quarry |
Köppen climate type: | Cfa : Humid subtropical climate |
REF: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:: LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE
Commodities (Major) - Limestone - General, Stone - Crushed/Broken
Development Status: Producer
Host Rock Unit: Chepultepec Dolomite, Magnesian Limestone
Host Rock: Dolomite
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Paleozoic 252.17 - 541 Ma ID: 3187973 | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Paleozoic (252.17 - 541 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Ordovician 443.8 - 485.4 Ma ID: 2988376 | Bays Formation Age: Ordovician (443.8 - 485.4 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Bays Formation Description: Maroon, well-jointed claystone and siltstone, commonly mottled greenish, evenly bedded; light- gray sandstone beds and metabentonite in upper part. Maximum thickness 1,000 feet. Comments: East-Central sheet Lithology: Major:{siltstone,claystone}, Incidental:{bentonite, sandstone} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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