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Williams Quarry

Producer in Knox county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Limestone, High Calcium
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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 10106818
MRDS ID K001358
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Quarry
Related records 10275514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.86768, 35.95148 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position MEADES QUARRY 1 MILE SOUTH OF DICKINSON ISLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Knox(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shooks Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watts Bar Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Knox

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CACO3-97.76%, MGCO3-1.20%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.86768, 35.95148
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 42.67M

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 Williams Lime Manufacturing Co.
    Home office Island Home Pike, Knoxville, Tn. 37920

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK AND RAILROAD; BENEFICIATION - LOG WASHER , ON SITE MILL. MATERIAL FOR ROADBASE STONE, LIME, CEMENT, DRAIN FIELDS, AND ROOFING AGGREGATE.

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: JUNE 18 , 1972 , AND JAN. 12 , 1973 . ; 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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