Burkhart 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299805
MAS/MILS ID 0470930009
Record type Site
Current site name Burkhart Quarry
Alternate or previous names Burkhart Quarry and Supply, Inc., Plant Number 2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.8085, 35.96789 (WGS84)
Elevation 286

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)

Lower French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Holston Formation

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

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Tenn Asphalt Co.
    ID 4000012
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001185.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JULY 14-15, 1971.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY GRAY KNOX MARBLE COMPANY.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL ADJACENT TO THE QUARRY.

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONE IS QUARRIED FROM THE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN LENOIR LIME

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LIST; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0470939010.

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 03/14/1996
MSHA mine ID4000012
Mine name (MSHA)Forks Of River
Current operatorTenn Luttrell Company
Current controller (parent)Global Stone Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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