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Bill George Quarry

Producer in Union county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025326
MRDS ID K001164
Record type Site
Current site name Bill George Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.90212, 36.18203 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position EAST SIDE TENN. HIGHWAY 33, 0.2 MILE NORTH OF BULL RUN CREEK BRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Ridge Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clinch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Union

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 39.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1969
Production years 1969 - 1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bill George
    Home office Maynardville, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - 20 IN. X 36 IN. JAW CRUSHER, 20 IN. X 33 IN. HAMMER MILL, ON SITE MILL. PRODUCED CRUSHED AND BROKEN STONE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: VERY SHALEY; REJECTED BY TENN. TRANSPORTATION DEPT. BECAUSE L.A. LOSS OVER 24%

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

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: AUG. 8 - 9 , 1972 . ; 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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