Mine detail: Kingsport Mine - Industry Drive

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Location: Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.5398, -82.56208
dep_id: 10025228
mrds_id: K000923
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Shale
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Sevier Shale
hrock_type: Shale
Year first produced: 1910
prod_yrs: 1910-1972
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT
  • Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY
  • Production:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY
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