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Knoxville Mine - Millertown A

Producer in Knox 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025236
MRDS ID K000932
Record type Site
Current site name Knoxville Mine - Millertown A
Related records 10226447

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.8299, 36.05453 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF MILLERTOWN ROAD APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES EAST OF CITY LIMITS OF KNOXVILLE AT SENTERTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Knox(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

John Sevier(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 Knox

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.8299, 36.05453
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 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; RAW MATERIAL USED IN MAKING BRICK

Comments on development

  • BEGAN OPERATION AS GENERAL SHALE PRODUCTS CORP. IN 1930 WITH PURCHASE OF OLLIE COLEMAN BRICK CO. 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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