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Alton Park Tract

Producer in Hamilton county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025231
MRDS ID K000926
Record type Site
Current site name Alton Park Tract
Related records 10299660

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.32077, 34.99705 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position WITHIN CITY LIMITS OF CHATTANOOGA NORTHWEST OF FRANK TROTTER SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hamilton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Oglethorpe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chickamauga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hamilton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.32077, 34.99705
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1952
Production years 1952-1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner General Shale Products Corp.
    Home office Johnson City, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK AND RAIL; MARTET FOR BRICK IS MIDSOUTH; PRODUCTION DATA NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on development

  • PURCHASED BY GENERAL SHALE FROM KEY JAMES BRICK IN 1952 - CONTINUOUS OPERATION SINCE THEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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