Campbell County Highway Dept. Quarry

Producer in Campbell county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025463
MRDS ID K001336
Record type Site
Current site name Campbell County Highway Dept. Quarry
Related records 10129178

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.1463, 36.33453 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Relative position 200 FT. EAST OF POOR FARM CEMETERY AND 2500 FT. WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE OLD QUARRY OPERATED BY THE COUNTY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacksboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oak Ridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Campbell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chickamauga Limestone, Magnesian Limestone
    Rock description Chickamauga Limestone, Magnesian Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Campbell County Highway Department
    Home office Jacksboro, Tn. 37757
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Minnie Dossett
    Home office Jacksboro, Tn. 37757

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION-LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING THE OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL. MATERIAL FOR ROADBASE STONE.

Comments on development

  • OLD PIT CLOSED BECAUSE LEASE EXPIRED AND CARR HEIRS WOULD NOT RENEW LEASE

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, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: OCT. 26 , 1972 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references