Kingsport Mine-Industry Frive Pit

Past Producer in Sullivan county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076024
MRDS ID W022911
Record type Site
Current site name Kingsport Mine-Industry Frive Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.56208, 36.5398 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingsport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sullivan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.56208, 36.5398

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

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K000923.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MARCH 19, 1975.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY GENERAL SHALE PRODUCTS

  • Deposit

    CORPORATION.SHALE IS MINED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN SEVIER SHALE.

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.