Mine detail: Jones Quarry

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Location: Grainger County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.32342, -83.62211
dep_id: 10075882
mrds_id: W022678
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limestone
Reporter: Unknown
References:
  • Deposit:: HERSHEY, ROBERT E. AND MAHER, STUART W., 1963, TENNESSEE DIVISION
  • Deposit:: OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 65, PAGE 204.
  • Deposit:: PROPERTY WAS OPERATED BY GRAINGER COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
  • Deposit:: DOLOMITE WAS QUARRIED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN UPPER KNOX GROUP.
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