Plant No. 1

Plant in Knox county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Calcium
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 10154637
MAS/MILS ID 0470939902
Record type Site
Current site name Plant No. 1
Alternate or previous names Plant Number 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -83.8568, 35.94819 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

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
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Holston Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Williams Lime Manufacturing Co.
    ID 4001805

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, STUART ET AL, 1973, TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BUL

  • Deposit

    70, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JULY 7 AND 8, 1975.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 2/13/81.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

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 06/09/1981
MSHA mine ID4001805
Mine name (MSHA)Plant No 1
Current operatorWilliams Lime Manufacturing Company
Current controller (parent)Williams Kathleen B
Mine typeFacility (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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