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Boones Creek Quarry

Producer in Washington 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 10025311
MRDS ID K001146
Record type Site
Current site name Boones Creek Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.43013, 36.39008 (WGS84)
Elevation 451
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BOONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boone Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Honaker Dolomite, Siliceous Limestone;Upper Conasauga Group, Shaley Limestone
    Rock description Honaker Dolomite, Siliceous Lst;Upper Conasauga Group, Shaley Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.43013, 36.39008
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 80 NW
    Thickness 36.58M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1924
Production years 1924 - 1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Washington County Highway Department
    Home office Jonesboro, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rod Carter
    Home office Jonesboro, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION-TRUCK; BENEFICATION-DRY SCREENING

Reference information

Bibliographic 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, T.V.A., T.D.G. U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

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