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Imperial Black Marble Quarry

Producer in Grainger county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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 10025345
MRDS ID K001188
Record type Site
Current site name Imperial Black Marble Quarry
Related records 10154504

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.44044, 36.37481 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position EAST SIDE OF U.S. 25-E, 9000 FEET NORTHWEST OF THORN HILL ON SOUTH SIDE OF CLINCH RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grainger(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avondale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Grainger

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Maryville Limestone, Black Coarse Crystalline Limestone
    Rock description Maryville Limestone, Black Coarse Crystalline Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Copper Ridge Dolomite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1944
Production years 1944 - 1973

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Imperial Black Marble Corp.
    Home office Thorn Hill, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • A MILL IS LOCATED AT THE QUARRY. PRODUCED DIMENSION STONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., AND WALTERS, J. P., 1960, THE MARBLE INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 9, 25 P

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORT: JULY 14 , 1972 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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