Williams Quarry

Past Producer in Knox county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10275514
MRDS ID K001358
MAS/MILS ID 0470930004
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Quarry
Alternate or previous names Williams Lime Manufacturing Co., Knoxville Quarry
Related records 10106818

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.8677, 35.95149 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

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)

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 Knox

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.8677, 35.95149

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

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Williams Lime Manufacturing
    ID 4000129
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001358.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS JUNE 18, 1972 AND

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 12, 1973.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL AT THE QUARRY

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN HOLSTON FORMATION.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/ 81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0470939014.

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 06/09/1981
MSHA mine ID4000129
Mine name (MSHA)Plant No 2
Current operatorWilliams Lime Manufacturing Company
Current controller (parent)Williams Kathleen B
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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