Roane Electric Furnace

Plant in Roane county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Silica
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 10251224
MAS/MILS ID 0471459901
Record type Site
Current site name Roane Electric Furnace
Alternate or previous names Mead Corp

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -84.68132, 35.8737 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Roane(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watts Bar Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Roane

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -84.68132, 35.8737

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Ferro Alloy Plant

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mead Corp.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:73 TN MFG DIR,ADRS:ROCKWOOD,TN,EMP:304

  • Deposit

    PRODUCER OF FERROMANGANESE AND FERROSILICON

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.