Luttrell Marble Quarry

Producer in Union county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106802
MRDS ID K001186
Record type Site
Current site name Luttrell Marble Quarry
Related records 10202283

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.74378, 36.21287 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position TENN. HIGHWAY 131, AT LUTTRELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Luttrell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Union

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.74378, 36.21287

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Tennessee Marble District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tennessee Marble Div. Of Georgia Marble Co.
    Home office Knoxville, Tn.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., AND WALTERS, J. P., 1960, THE MARBLE INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 9, 25 P

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: AUG. 10 , 12 , 1971 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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