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Caney Branch Quarry

Producer in Blount 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025315
MRDS ID K001151
Record type Site
Current site name Caney Branch Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.92907, 35.84593 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Relative position 1.3 MI. NE OF ROCKFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blount(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maryville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watts Bar Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Blount

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 94% CACO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lenoir Limestone
    Rock description Lenoir Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.92907, 35.84593
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1969
Production years 1969 TO 1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rockford Rock Products
    Home office Rockford, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Caswell Walker
    Home office Knoxville, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK; BENEFICIATION CONSISTS OF SCREENING AFTER 3-STAGE CRUSHING.

Comments on the workings information

  • THICKNESS MINED 70 FT. MAXIMUM.

Comments on development

  • OPENED IN 1969 BY LIMESTONE PRODUCERS; ACQUIRED BY ROCKFORD ROCK PRODUCTS IN 1971.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOL., INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

  • Reserve-Resource

    TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: OCT. 26 - 27 , 1972 . ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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