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Burkhart Quarry

Producer in Cumberland county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025631
MRDS ID K001535
Record type Site
Current site name Burkhart Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.92576, 35.88232 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position AT THE HEAD OF MEADOW CREEK ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAB ORCHARD, TN AND 2000 FEET EAST OF HIGHWAY 68.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dorton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Emory(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Conglomerate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Sewanee Conglomerate
    Rock description Sewanee Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Pennington Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Burkhart Quarry And Supplies, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 6007, Knoxville, Tn 37914
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. T. Burkhart
    Home office Knoxville, Tn 37914

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - LESS THAN 100,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK. MATERIAL USED AS GENERAL PURPOSE AGGREGATE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADDITIONAL RESERVES TO BE ACQUIRED; PRESENT RESERVES NEAR DEPLETION.

Comments on development

  • BURKHART BOUGHT QUARRY FROM GAMBLE ASPHALT CO. IN SPRING OF 1970.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1972 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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