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Tri City Sand Pit 363

Producer in Washington 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 10106841
MRDS ID K001546
Record type Site
Current site name Tri City Sand Pit 363

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.34207, 36.39508 (WGS84)
Elevation 423
Relative position ON WATAUGA RIVER ABOUT 3000 FEET SOUTHEAST OF 11E HWY. 1000 FEET EAST OF (BRIDGE) AUSTIN SPRINGS - OLD BRISTOL HWY. FOUR MILES FROM JOHNSON CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bluff City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Other Federal Agencies(Department)

Department UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Washington

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) -82.34207, 36.39508
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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 Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
    Home office Johnson City, Tn., Rfd 4 37603
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carr (Estate)
    Home office Johnson City, Tn., Rfd 4 37603

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - 100,000 TO 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - WASHING AND SCREENING

Comments on development

  • TRY CITY SAND-AMERICAN LIMESTONE DIV SOLD TO AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO., NOV. 1971

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

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) — acquired by Asarco LLC, subsidiary of Grupo México (2009)
    American Smelting and Refining Co. Filed Chapter 11 in 2005; acquired out of bankruptcy by Grupo México in 2009.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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