Mine detail: Unicoi County Highway Department Quarry

Previously called 'Quarry No. 439'

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Location: Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.13509, -82.43485
dep_id: 10025325
mrds_id: K001163
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Honaker Dolomite, Magnesian Limestone
hrock_type: Dolomite
Year first produced: 1952
prod_yrs: 1952 - 1972
References:
  • Deposit:: HERSHEY, R. E., AND MAHER, S. W., 1963, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 65, 231 P
  • Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT
  • Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.V.A., T.D.G. U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT
  • Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY
  • Production:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY
  • Reserve-Resource:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972 MINE INVENTORY
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