Tazewell Plant #558

Producer in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106822
MRDS ID K001379
Record type Site
Current site name Tazewell Plant #558
Related records 10154467

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.55406, 36.46758 (WGS84)
Elevation 384
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE NORTHEAST OF TAZEWELL (U.S. HWY. 25-E) ON CEDAR FORK ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tazewell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Claiborne

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chickamauga Limestone, Argillaceous Limestone
    Rock description Chickamauga Limestone, Argillaceous Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.55406, 36.46758

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lambert - Tyler, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 46, Tazewell, Tn. 37879
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thruman Essary, Carson Essary And Dorothy Bundren
    Home office Tazewell, Tn. 37879

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - 150,000 TO 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING, ON SITE MILL.

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

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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