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Dixie Sand & Gravel Co. Dredge Operation

Producer in Hamilton county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106846
MRDS ID K001569
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Sand & Gravel Co. Dredge Operation
Related records 10202526

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.32272, 35.05261 (WGS84)
Elevation 201
Relative position TENNESSEE RIVER - CHATTANOOGA DOWN STREAM FROM P.R. OIGIATI BRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hamilton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hamilton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.32272, 35.05261
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dixie Sand And Gravel
    Home office 515 River Street, Chattanooga, Tn. 37402
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - GREATER THAN 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; RAIL, BARGE; BENEFICIATION - WET SCREENING

Comments on development

  • STOCKPILE ON LEFT BANK TENNESSEE RIVER NEAR MILE 463.5

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • 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

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