Dixie Lee 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075934
MRDS ID W022759
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Lee Quarry
Related records 10178203

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -83.93119, 35.99685 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Knox(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(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 Knox

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -83.93119, 35.99685

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

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 OCTOBER 1, 1973.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OPERATED BY VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY, MIDSOUTH DIV. OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN LOWER CHICKAMAUGA LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-73 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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