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Lee Marble Quarry

Producer in Blount county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  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 10025346
MRDS ID K001189
Record type Site
Current site name Lee Marble Quarry
Alternate or previous names Finger Marble Quarry
Related records 10154621

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.12241, 35.76204 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Relative position 2500 FEET SOUTHWEST OF VINEGAR VALLEY ROAD, 1.5 MILES EAST OF FRIENDSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blount(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Louisville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(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
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.12241, 35.76204
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years PRE 1970; 1970-1973

Mining district

District name East Tennessee Marble District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. J. Craig Marble Co.
    Home office Knoxville, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES; DIMENSION STONE, ROUGH BLOCKS, SAWED STONE AGRICULTURAL LIME, TERRAZZO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., AND WALTERS, J. P., 1960, THE MARBLE INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 9, 25 P

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: AUG. 17 - 18 , 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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