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Marbledale Quarry

Producer in Knox 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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025343
MRDS ID K001185
Record type Site
Current site name Marbledale Quarry
Related records 10202331

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.80851, 35.96787 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Relative position NEAR MARBLEDALE ON ASBURY ROAD 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF JOHN SEVIER HIGHWAY

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, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lenoir Limestone, Limestone
    Rock description Lenoir Limestone, Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Holston Formation
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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 1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Burkhart Quarry And Supplies, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 6007, Knoxville, Tn 37914
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gray Knox Marble Co.
    Home office Procter, Vt.

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 - BEING SUED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, ASPHALT PLANT ADJACENT. TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK AND BARGE ; BENEFICIATION-CRUSHING AND SCREENING. ON SITE MILL.

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972 MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: JULY 14 - 15 , 1971 . ; 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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