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Parvin Pit

Producer in Greene county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10025530
MRDS ID K001422
Record type Site
Current site name Parvin Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.72903, 36.15565 (WGS84)
Elevation 387
Relative position ON NORTH SIDE OF NOLICHUCKY RIVER 1/2 MILE EAST OF BROWN BRIDGE, EAST OF HIGHWAY 107, ONE MILE NORTH OF HERMON CHURCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chuckey(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
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name River Sand
    Rock description River Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.72903, 36.15565
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

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 Parvin Sand And Gravel Co.
    Home office Route 1, Afton, Tn. 37616
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Parvin
    Home office Route 1, Afton, Tn. 37616

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION 1972-STARTED IN FEB. 1973. CEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION SAND.

Comments on development

  • STARTED PRODUCTION FEB. 1973.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

Reporter information

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

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