Freeway Quarry

Past Producer in Knox 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226322
MRDS ID W022762
MAS/MILS ID 0470930005
Record type Site
Current site name Freeway Quarry
Alternate or previous names American Smelting and Refining Co.,, Materials Company
Related records 10075937

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.9743, 36.10869 (WGS84)
Elevation 311

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Knox(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fountain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clinch(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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLANT PROCESSES SAND AND GRAVEL DREDGED FROM THE CUMBERLAND

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.9743, 36.10869

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMIESTONE WAS QUARRIED FROM THE CAMBRIAN MAYNARDVILLE LIMESTONE AND THE CAMBRIAN COPPER RIDGE DOLOMITE.

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, ROBERT E. AND MAHER, STUART W., 1963, TENNESSEE DIV OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 65, PAGE 168.

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.