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Key Limestone Divisionpit #27

Producer in Campbell 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025431
MRDS ID K001296
Record type Site
Current site name Key Limestone Divisionpit #27
Related records 10256753

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.1538, 36.3387 (WGS84)
Elevation 328
Relative position ONE MILE FROM 25-W ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CUCKLE CREEK, ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE OLD PIT NOW ABANDONED BY KEY LIMESTONE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacksboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oak Ridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(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 Campbell

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3 - 77.19%
Result MGCO3 - 12.19%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.1538, 36.3387
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 38.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Key Limestone Division
    Home office La Follette, Tn. 37766
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hubert Russellj
    Home office Acksboro, Tn. 37757

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - GREATER THAN 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING, ON SITE MILL.

Comments on development

  • KEY LIMESTONE TOOK OVER OPERATION OF COUNTY QUARRY IN 1954.

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, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

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