Midway Quarry

Past Producer in Knox county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075940
MRDS ID W022766
Record type Site
Current site name Midway Quarry
Related records 10304910

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.71878, 36.0637 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Knox(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mascot(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(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 Knox

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.71878, 36.0637

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, ROBERT E. AND MAHER, STUART W., 1963, TENNESSEE DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 65, PAGE 173.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY WAS OPERATED BY AMERICAN LIMESTONE COMPANY.

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONE WAS QUARRIED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN LENOIR LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1963 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 05/04/2012
MSHA mine ID4001169
Mine name (MSHA)MIDWAY QUARRY
Current operatorMartin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC
Current controller (parent)Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (552 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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