Clinch River Quarry

Past Producer in Russell county in Virginia, 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. 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 10076321
MRDS ID W023289
Record type Site
Current site name Clinch River Quarry
Related records 10179645

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.32152, 36.88119 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Russell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.32152, 36.88119

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

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS DECEMBER 8 AND 9, 1971

  • Deposit

    AND JUNE 29-30, 1972.

  • Deposit

    QUARRY IS OPERATED BY CLINCH RIVER QUARRIES, INCORPORATED.OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/16/1982
MSHA mine ID4405008
Mine name (MSHA)Clinch River Dock
Current operatorClinch River Processing Inc
Current controller (parent)Larry Joe McReynolds
Mine typeFacility (Coal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1363 m, 0.83 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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