Mine detail: O.K. Quarry

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Location: Knox County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.99481, -83.8999
dep_id: 10075941
mrds_id: W022767
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Calcium, Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Calcite
Reporter: Unknown
References:
  • Deposit:: HERSHER, ROBERT E. AND MAHER, STUART W., 1963, TENNESSEE DIVISION
  • Deposit:: OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 65, PAGE 174.
  • Deposit:: PROPERTY WAS OPERATED BY OLIVER KING SAND AND LIME COMPANY.
  • Deposit:: LIMESTONE WAS QUARRIED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN HOLSTON FORMATION.
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