Mines in Hamilton County, Tennessee

44Total
13Active

Hamilton County, Tennessee has 44 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA. 13 are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is aluminum, with 13 sites.

By Status

Past Producer · 12Producer · 9Prospect · 6Abandoned · 5Active · 4Abandoned and Sealed · 3Plant · 2Occurrence · 2Unknown · 1

Top Commodities

Aluminum · 13Coal (Bituminous) · 5Clay · 5Stone, Crushed/Broken · 4Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC · 4Iron · 3Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General · 2Sand and Gravel, Construction · 2
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Active Mines in Hamilton County

MineOperatorCommodityTypeStatus
Signal Mountain Cement CoBuzzi Unicem USACementFacilityActive
Chattanooga QuarryVulcan Construction Materials, LLCCrushed, Broken Limestone NECSurfaceActive
Chattanooga QuarryMartin Marietta Materials, Inc. Crushed, Broken Limestone NECSurfaceActive
Lookout Valley Quarry Midsouth AggregatesCrushed, Broken Limestone NECSurfaceActive
Alton Park TractStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chattanooga QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Chattanooga QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenSurfaceProducer
Clay FieldClaySurfaceProducer
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co. Dredge OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixie Sand and Gravel Co. PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProcessing PlantProducer
Signal Mountain Clay PitClayProducer
Tiftonia Plant & Quarry Pit #395Stone, Crushed/BrokenSurfaceProducer
Tiftonia Plant Pit No. 395Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducer

All Mines in Hamilton County

MineCommodityTypeStatusSource
Chattanooga QuarryCrushed, Broken Limestone NECSurfaceActiveMSHA
Chattanooga QuarryCrushed, Broken Limestone NECSurfaceActiveMSHA
Lookout Valley QuarryCrushed, Broken Limestone NECSurfaceActiveMSHA
Signal Mountain Cement CoCementFacilityActiveMSHA
Alton Park TractStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMRDS
Chattanooga QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerMRDS
Chattanooga QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenSurfaceProducerMRDS
Clay FieldClaySurfaceProducerMRDS
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co. Dredge OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerMRDS
Dixie Sand and Gravel Co. PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProcessing PlantProducerMRDS
Signal Mountain Clay PitClayProducerMRDS
Tiftonia Plant & Quarry Pit #395Stone, Crushed/BrokenSurfaceProducerMRDS
Tiftonia Plant Pit No. 395Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerMRDS
Alton Park TractClayPast ProducerMRDS
Bennett Mine No. 1AluminumSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
Bennett No.2 ProspectAluminumProspectMRDS
Brannan MineAluminumSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
Chatanooga MineClaySurfaceUnknownMRDS
Chattanooga Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProcessing PlantPlantMRDS
Chattanooga Tenn. BauxiteAluminumPast ProducerMRDS
D M No 7Coal (Bituminous)UndergroundAbandoned and SealedMSHA
Deep Down No 1Coal (Bituminous)UndergroundAbandoned and SealedMSHA
Flores Quarry #3Dimension SandstoneSurfaceAbandonedMSHA
Fred Nixson ProspectAluminumProspectMRDS
Friendsville QuarryCrushed, Broken Limestone NECSurfaceAbandonedMSHA
Hill City-Moccasin BendIronPast ProducerMRDS
Hixson MineAluminumSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
Hornville MineAluminumSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
Kristy Leigh No 1Coal (Bituminous)UndergroundAbandoned and SealedMSHA
McCallie Tunnel ProspectAluminumUndergroundProspectMRDS
Montague MineAluminumSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
No 1 StripCoal (Bituminous)SurfaceAbandonedMSHA
No 1 TippleCoal (Bituminous)FacilityAbandonedMSHA
Perry MineAluminumSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
River Street Sand & GravelConstruction Sand and GravelSurfaceAbandonedMSHA
Shofner Barite ProspectOccurrenceMRDS
Shofner Barite ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrenceMRDS
Signal Mountain Clay PitClayPast ProducerMRDS
Smith ProspectAluminumSurface-UndergroundProspectMRDS
White Oak Mt. AreaIronPast ProducerMRDS
White Oak Mt. Area2IronPast ProducerMRDS
Wilcox ProspectAluminumSurfaceProspectMRDS
Willie Moore ProspectAluminumProspectMRDS
Wr Grace/ Chattanooga, Tn.REEProcessing PlantPlantMRDS

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