725The Mineral Industry of Tennessee 
This chapter has been prepared under a cooperative agreement between the
Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior, and the Tennessee Division
of Geology, for collecting information on all minerals except fuels. 
 
 
By Doss H. White, Jr.1 and William D. Hardeman2 
 
 
 Record production of pyrite, crushed limestone, miscellaneous clay, and
silver highlighted the mineral industry of Tennessee in 1967. Significant
increases were also made in bituminous coal and zinc production. Tennessee
led the Nation in production of ball clay, pyrite and zinc, ranked third
in production of phosphate rock and dimension marble, fourth in production
of fuller's earth, fifth in production of masonry cement, and sixth in dimension
sandstone. Total value of mineral production increased 4 percent over that
of 1966. 
 Leading mineral industries, which together furnished 80 percent of the total

value of mineral production, were as follows: Stone, zinc, cement, coal,
and phosphate rock. Leading companies were Tennessee Copper Co. (copper,
gold, pyrite, silver, and zinc), American Zinc Co. (zinc, limestone), Monsanto
Co. (phosphate rock), Vulcan Materials Co. (limestone, sand and gravel),
Penn-Dixie Cement Corp. (cement, limestone, clay), Marquette Cement Manufacturing
Co. (cement, limestone, clay), Ideal Cement Co. (cement, limestone), and
General Portland Cement Co. (cement, limestone). 
 1 Mining engineer, Bureau of Mines, Knoxville, Tenn. 
 2 State geologist, Division of Geology, Department of Conservation, Nashville,
Tenn 
 
Table 1.—Mineral product 
ion in Tennessee 1 
 
 
Mineral 
1966 
—___________________ 
Quantity Value (thousands) 
1967 
Quantity Value 
(thousands) 
 
Barite short tons~Cement:   Portland thousand 376-pound barrels - -   Masonry
thousand 280-pound barrels..Clays 2 thousand short tons~Coal (bituminous)
do.... 
Copper (recoverable content of ores, etc.) short tons. 
Gold (recoverable content of ores, etc.) troy oUnces.. 
Lead (recoverable content of ores, etc.) short tOns.. - 
Natural gas million cubic feetPetroleum (crude) thousand 42-gallon barrels_Phosphate
rock thousand short tOns.. -Sandandgravel do..... 
Silver (recoverable content of ores, etc.) 
 thousand troy ounces~Stone  thousand short tons.. 
Zinc (recoverable content of ores, etc.) short tons... 
Value of items that cannot be disclosed: 
Clay (fuller's earth), :ime, pyrite, stone (crushed sandstone), and values
indicated by symbol W     
 
Total                                     
Total 1957—59 constant dollars                 
 29,206 $412 
 8,177 25,718 1,095 2,822 1,359 4,909 6,309 23,763 15,410 11,148 141 5 181
55 
  
 7 W 3,125 23,886 8,628 11,142 
 101 130 31,260 41,432 103,117 29,904 
 XX 7,258 
14,862 
 
 8,062 
 1,092 
 1,574 
 6,832 
14,600 
181 
   
58 
7 
 2,992 
 7,975 
 
130 
31,463 
113,065 
 
 
XX 
 $235 
 
25,548 
2,992 
5,152 
26,974 
11,162 
6 
  
11 
W 
22,571 
10,679 
 
 202 
41,958 
31,303 
 
 
10,779 
 
XX 182,584 
XX 171,836 
XX 
XX 
189,572 
P 175,006 
 i Preliminary. r Revised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company
confidential data; included with "Value of items that cannot be disclosed."
XX Not applicable. 
 1 Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production
(including consumption by producers). 
Excludes fuller's earth; included with "Value of items that cannot be disclosed."

Excludes crushed sandstone; included with "Value of items that cannot be
disclosed."