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Hamblen County Plant #514

Producer in Hamblen county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025472
MRDS ID K001348
Record type Site
Current site name Hamblen County Plant #514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.20238, 36.17203 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position 0.5 MILE NORTHWEST OF LOWLAND AND 0.25 MILE SOUTHWEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 160

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hamblen(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hamblen

Commodities

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lenoir Limestone, Mosheim Member, Fine-Grained Limestone;Upper Knox Group, Magnesian Limestone
    Rock description Lenoir Limestone, Mosheim Member, Fine-Grained Lst;Upper Knox Group, Magnesian Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.20238, 36.17203
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1968
Production years 1968 - 1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vulcan Materials Co., Midsouth Division
    Home office P. O. Box 7, Knoxville, Tn.; American Smelting And Refining
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thelbert Rippetoe

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK

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

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

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