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Agricultural Lime Company, Inc. Quarry

Producer in Greene county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Dolomite
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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 10025483
MRDS ID K001361
Record type Site
Current site name Agricultural Lime Company, Inc. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.81098, 36.13065 (WGS84)
Elevation 421
Relative position 1/5 MILES NORTHEAST OF JONES BRIDGE ROAD JUST SOUTHEAST OF EAST FORK OF RICHLAND CREEK; HALF MILE NORTH OF SUNNYSIDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greeneville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Greene

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-54.51%
Result MGCO3-42.55
Result INSOL. SILIC. MATTER-2.12%
Result FE2O3+AL2O3-0.80%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Honaker Dolomite, Dol
    Rock description Honaker Dolomite, Dol
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Agricultural Lime Co., Inc.
    Home office Route 9, Greeneville, Tn. 37743
  • Type Owner
    Owner Roberts, William N.
    Home office Route 9, Greeneville, Tn. 37743

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING

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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