Asbury Pit

Plant in Knox county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Calcium
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129361
MAS/MILS ID 0470930173
Record type Site
Current site name Asbury Pit
Alternate or previous names Tennessee Lime Company, Subs. Of, Rangaire Corp.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.838, 35.95789 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Knox(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shooks Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(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 Knox

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.838, 35.95789

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Dry

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Rangaire Corp.
    ID 4000604
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, STUART W. ET AL, 1973, TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 70, PAGE 78.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JULY 10, 1975.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT, SEQ. NO. 0470939011.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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