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Kingsport Mine - Industry Drive

Producer in Sullivan county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025228
MRDS ID K000923
Record type Site
Current site name Kingsport Mine - Industry Drive
Related records 10178763

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.56208, 36.5398 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF INDUSTRY DRIVE IN KINGSPORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingsport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sullivan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Sevier Shale
    Rock description Sevier Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.56208, 36.5398
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Production years 1910-1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner General Shale Products Corp.
    Home office Johnson City, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK ; SHALE USED FOR BRICK MANUFACTURE AT JOHNSON CITY PLANT; PRODUCTION DATA NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on development

  • BEGAN OPERATION IN 1910 - CONTINUOUS SINCE THAT DATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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