Mine detail: Lee Marble Quarry

Previously called 'Finger Marble Quarry'

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Location: Blount County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.76204, -84.12241
dep_id: 10025346
mrds_id: K001189
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Marble, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Marble
orebody_fm: LENS
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
prod_yrs: PRE 1970; 1970-1973
References:
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S. W., AND WALTERS, J. P., 1960, THE MARBLE INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 9, 25 P
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT
  • 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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