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Wilson Powder Mill Hill Pit

Past Producer in Giles county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025614
MRDS ID K001513
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Powder Mill Hill Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.21667, 35.21789 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Relative position ON NORTH SIDE OF U. S. 64 JUST NORTH OF LAWRENCE - GILES COUNTY LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bodenham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawrenceburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Elk(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Giles

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABANDONED 1972

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.21667, 35.21789
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Giles County Highway Department
    Home office Box 285, Pulaski, Tn. 38478
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hall Wilson
    Home office Route 2, Lawrenceburg, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - 100,000 TO 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK, BENEFICIATION - NONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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