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Jellico Stone Company Quarry

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025502
MRDS ID K001386
Record type Site
Current site name Jellico Stone Company Quarry
Related records 10251507

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.0799, 36.57869 (WGS84)
Elevation 317
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JELLICO AND 1/2 MILE WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HIGHCLIFF ON SOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 25-W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jellico East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(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 - 89.12%
Result MGCO3 - 6.80%
Result INSOL. SIL. MATTER - 3.26%
Result FE2O3 + AL2O3 - 0.80%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.0799, 36.57869
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jellico Stone Co.
    Home office Box 388, Jellico, Tn. 37762
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. A. Wheeler (Estate)

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - 150,000 TO 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING, ON SITE MILL.

Comments on development

  • QUARRY OPENED ABOUT 1958.

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, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MESA INSPECTION REPORTS: OCT. 8 AND 13 , 1971 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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