Asbury Quarry

Producer in Knox county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, High Calcium
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025318
MRDS ID K001155
Record type Site
Current site name Asbury Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.83796, 35.96092 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Relative position ON ASBURY ROAD, 3800 FEET EAST OF MILE O, HOLSTON RIVER.

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
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CAO-55.4%
Result MGO-0.4%
Result SIO2-0.2%
Result FEZO3-0.1%
Result ALZO3-0.E A90 5132

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.83796, 35.96092

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years PRE 1950 - 1972

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Foot Mineral Co.
    Home office Knoxville, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Grayknox Marble - Div. Vermont Marble

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION - RAIL; BENEFICIATION - CRUSHING, SCREENING, KILN. PRODUCED CRUSHED AND BROKEN STONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, R. E., AND MAHER, S. W., 1963, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 65, 231 P

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINALLY OWNED BY GRAY KNOX MARBLE CO. LEASED TO STANDARD LIME AND CEMENT CO. ACQUIRED BY FOOTE MINERAL CO. LATE 1950'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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