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Boones Creek Quarry

Past Producer in Washington county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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 10178497
MRDS ID W022935
MAS/MILS ID 0471790011
Record type Site
Current site name Boones Creek Quarry
Alternate or previous names Washington County Highway Dept.
Related records 10076033

Comments on the site identification

  • # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0471799001.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.43015, 36.39008 (WGS84)
Elevation 451

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boone Dam(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.43015, 36.39008
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE CAMBRIAN HONAKER DOLOMITE AND CAMBRIAN UPPER CONASAUGA GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Washington County Highway Department
    ID 4000119
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner ROD CARTER

Comments on development

  • NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LIST; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER
  • OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001146.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT APRIL 18 AND 20, 19

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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