Alexander Quarry

Past Producer in Loudon county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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 10227192
MAS/MILS ID 0471050032
Record type Site
Current site name Alexander Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.18241, 35.7059 (WGS84)
Elevation 308

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Loudon(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(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 Loudon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.18241, 35.7059

Economic information

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

    GORDON, C.H., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 28, PART I, 1928, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    OWNER IS KNOXVILLE MARBLE COMPANY AS OF 1924.

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 08/17/2009
MSHA mine ID4003077
Mine name (MSHA)Alexander Quarry
Current operatorTennessee Marble Company
Current controller (parent)Monica J Gawet
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (178 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references