Imperial Black Marble Quarry

Producer in Grainger 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. 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 10154504
MRDS ID K001188
MAS/MILS ID 0470570005
Record type Site
Current site name Imperial Black Marble Quarry
Alternate or previous names Thorn Hill Quarry, Imperial Black Marble Corp.
Related records 10025345

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.44048, 36.37479 (WGS84)
Elevation 335

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grainger(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avondale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Grainger

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Copper Ridge Dolomite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Imperial Black Marble Inc.
    ID 4000055
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001188.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JULY 14, 1972.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY IMPERIAL BLACK MARBLE CORP.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL LOCATED AT THE QUARRY SITE.

  • Deposit

    MARBLE IS QUARRIED FROM THE EARLY CAMBRIAN MARYVILLE LIMESTO

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0470579002.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/29/2002
MSHA mine ID4000055
Mine name (MSHA)IMPERIAL BLACK
Current operatorImperial Black Marble Company
Current controller (parent)Sonja F Jones
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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