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Ideal Cement Quarry

Producer in Knox county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025333
MRDS ID K001172
Record type Site
Current site name Ideal Cement Quarry
Related records 10129190

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.83796, 36.01676 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position WEST BANK HOLSTON RIVER, 1500 FEET NORTHWEST OF US 11-70, EAST OF KNOXVILLE

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
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3 - 96%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.83796, 36.01676
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years PRE 1940 - 1972

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION - STONE BY TRUCK, CEMENT - TRUCK AND RAIL.; BENEFICIATION CRUSH, SCREEN TO -150 MESH. ALL STONE USED IN CEMENT MANUFACTURE. ON SITE MILL.

Comments on the workings information

  • MULTI-LEVEL OPEN FACE QUARRY

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

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

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINALLY VOLUNTEER PORTLAND CEMENT CO. ACQUIRED BY IDEAL BASIC IN 1960. MESA INSPECTION REPORTS: AUG. 16 , 17 , 19 , 1971 , AND DEC. 27 - 28 , 1972 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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