Mitchell Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129336
MRDS ID K001326
MAS/MILS ID 0470570006
Record type Site
Current site name Mitchell Quarry
Alternate or previous names Grainger County Highway Dept.
Related records 10025455

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.59879, 36.23979 (WGS84)
Elevation 299

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grainger(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joppa(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 Grainger

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.59879, 36.23979

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE CAMBRIAN MARYVILLE LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Grainger County Highway Department
    ID 4000044
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner CARL MITCHELL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001326.

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) 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)

StatusAbandoned since 09/14/1982
MSHA mine ID4000044
Mine name (MSHA)Grainger County Quarry
Current operatorGrainger County Highway Department
Current controller (parent)Grainger County-Tn
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references