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Shalite Quarry No. 1

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025232
MRDS ID K000928
Record type Site
Current site name Shalite Quarry No. 1
Related records 10202602

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.87407, 36.03842 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position 600' SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION OF LOVE CREEK AND BUFFAT MILL ROAD ON SHARPS RIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Knox(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

John Sevier(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Knox

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bloating Material Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.87407, 36.03842
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Production years 1950-1972

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Shalite Corp.
    Home office Knoxville, Tn
  • Type Owner
    Owner S. L. Reed And D. W. Crippen
    Home office Knoxville, Tn.

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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