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Erwin Plant Dredge Operation

Producer in Unicoi 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106844
MRDS ID K001559
Record type Site
Current site name Erwin Plant Dredge Operation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.41541, 36.1512 (WGS84)
Elevation 506
Relative position IN ERWIN ADJACENT TO CLINCHFIELD RAILROAD YARDS EAST OF HWY. 107, FRONTED ON NORTH INDIAN CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Unicoi(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erwin(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)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Unicoi

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 > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.41541, 36.1512
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Economic information

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 Vulcan Materials Co., Midsouth Division
    Home office Home Office: P. O. Box 7, Knoxville, Tn 37901, Field Office:
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vulcan Materials Co. And Holston Land Co., Erwin, Tn. 37650

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - 100,000 TO 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK, RAILROAD; BENEFICIATION - SCREENING AND WASHINGAND CRUSHING.

Comments on development

  • BROOKS SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD TO VULCAN MATERIALS CO. IN 1957

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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