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Jefferson City Highway Dept. Quarry

Producer in Jefferson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106798
MRDS ID K001158
Record type Site
Current site name Jefferson City Highway Dept. Quarry
Related records 10129711

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.44128, 36.0137 (WGS84)
Elevation 357
Relative position 1.5 MILES WEST OF DANRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(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 Jefferson

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :COUNTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Analytical data

Result CACO3 - 76.79%
Result MGCO3 - 17.73%
Result FE2O3 + AL2O3 - 1.02%
Result SIO2 - 4.48%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Maynardville Limestone
    Rock description Maynardville Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.44128, 36.0137
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 36.58M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Production years 1950 - 1972

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jefferson County Highway Department
    Home office Danridge, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - SCREENING , ON SITE MILL. PRODUCED CRUSHED AND BROKEN STONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, R. E., AND MAHER, S. W., 1963, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 65, 231 P

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.V.A., T.D.G. U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: DEC. 27 - 28 , 1971 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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