Forks of the River Quarry

Producer in Knox 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 10276117
MRDS ID W022758
MAS/MILS ID 0470930018
Record type Site
Current site name Forks of the River Quarry
Alternate or previous names American Smelting & Refining Co., American Limestone Co., Div. Of
Related records 10075933

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.8155, 35.95289 (WGS84)

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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.8155, 35.95289

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner American Limestone Co.
    ID 4001610
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, STUART W. ET AL, 1973, TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 70, PAGES 78-80.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MAY 30, 1975.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

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)

StatusActive since 05/04/2012
MSHA mine ID4001610
Mine name (MSHA)Forks of the River Quarry
Current operatorMartin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC
Current controller (parent)Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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