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Hunts Gap Quarry

Producer in Hawkins county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025691
MRDS ID K001612
Record type Site
Current site name Hunts Gap Quarry
Related records 10129067

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.75319, 36.47147 (WGS84)
Elevation 402
Relative position NORTHEAST END OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN, ONE MILE NORTH OF BLOSSOM AND 0.75 MILE SOUTH OF MOLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hawkins(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stony Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hawkins

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.75319, 36.47147
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1961
Production years 1961-1973

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Asg Industries
    Home office Kingsport, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION-LESS THAN 100,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION-PIPELINE AND CONVEYOR; BENEFICIATION-FLOTATION AND ACID LEACH. MATERIAL USED AS GLASS SAND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., TVA, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIPED ACROSS HOLSTON RIVER FROM QUARRY TO FLOTATION PLANT, THEN ON CONVEYOR TO GLASS PLANT. ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

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

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