Grasselli

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Zinc
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. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226439
MAS/MILS ID 0470890016
Record type Site
Current site name Grasselli

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -83.53819, 36.09819 (WGS84)
Elevation 350
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Market(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -83.53819, 36.09819

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mascot District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DI

  • Deposit

    LOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977. RECORD 040 / MINING DISTRICT IS MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY. RECORD 060 / COL. 42 - THE THIRD MOST IMPORTANT DEFORMATION SOLUTION-COLLAPSE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/25/2000
MSHA mine ID4003131
Mine name (MSHA)Grasselli Quarry
Current operatorMartin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC
Current controller (parent)Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1013 m, 1.00 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