Potter Quarry

Producer in Johnson 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 10299950
MAS/MILS ID 0470910080
Record type Site
Current site name Potter Quarry
Alternate or previous names Maymead Lime Company, Inc.

Comments on the site identification

  • # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0470919001.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.77403, 36.43978 (WGS84)
Elevation 716

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(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)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Johnson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.77403, 36.43978

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLOMITE IS QUARRIED FROM THE EARLY CAMBRIAN SHADY DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Maymead Lime Co., Inc.
    ID 4000071
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner EDD POTTER AND CHARLES MCCARTY

Comments on development

  • OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001156.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS NOVEMBER 9, 1972 AND JUNE 17, 1975.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

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)

StatusActive since 11/02/2010
MSHA mine ID4000071
Mine name (MSHA)MAYMEAD MATERIALS, INC.
Current operatorMAYMEAD MATERIALS, INC.
Current controller (parent)Wiley B Roark
Mine typeSurface (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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