Gray Knox Quarry

Past Producer in Knox 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226114
MAS/MILS ID 0470930076
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Knox Quarry
Alternate or previous names Gray Knox Marble Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.8207, 35.96259 (WGS84)
Elevation 268

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
Marble, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.8207, 35.96259

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER & WALTERS TN DIV GEOL I C #9 P4

  • Deposit

    GORDON CH 1924 TN DIV GEOL BULL 28 P79-80.

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 09/10/2021
MSHA mine ID4003154
Mine name (MSHA)GRANOX QUARRY
Current operatorTennessee Marble Company
Current controller (parent)Monica J Gawet
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1711 m, 0.80 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references