Rocktown Quarry

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Tennessee, United States with commodity 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 10276076
MRDS ID W022749
MAS/MILS ID 0470890008
Record type Site
Current site name Rocktown Quarry
Alternate or previous names Shands Construction Company, Inc.
Related records 10075929

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.43318, 36.15089 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talbott(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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.43318, 36.15089

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 Lakeway Rock Products, Inc.
    ID 4001622
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MAY 29, 1975.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LIST; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0470899009.

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 08/01/1978
MSHA mine ID4001622
Mine name (MSHA)Rocktown Quarry And Mill
Current operatorLakeway Rock Products Inc
Current controller (parent)Hart Gary C
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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