O.K. Quarry

Past Producer in Knox county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Calcium, 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 10075941
MRDS ID W022767
Record type Site
Current site name O.K. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.8999, 35.99481 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

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
Calcium Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.8999, 35.99481

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

    HERSHER, ROBERT E. AND MAHER, STUART W., 1963, TENNESSEE DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 65, PAGE 174.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY WAS OPERATED BY OLIVER KING SAND AND LIME COMPANY.

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONE WAS QUARRIED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN HOLSTON FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1963 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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