Forks of the River Quarry

Past Producer in Knox county in Tennessee, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075933
MRDS ID W022758
Record type Site
Current site name Forks of the River Quarry
Related records 10276117

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.81546, 35.95287 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Knox(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shooks Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower French Broad(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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.81546, 35.95287

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, STUART W. ET AL, 1973, TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 70, PAGES 78-80.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MAY 30, 1975.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OPERATED BY AMERICAN LIMESTONE, DIVISION OF AMERICANSMELTING AND REFING COMPANY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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