Truett Ps-20

Producer in Williamson county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026011
MRDS ID K002307
Record type Site
Current site name Truett Ps-20
Related records 10300203

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.89805, 35.91343 (WGS84)
Elevation 219
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES W OF FRANKLIN AND 1/2 MILE SE OF REID HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Williamson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leipers Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Harpeth(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Williamson

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :FEDERAL (UNCLASS.)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result P2O5-22%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bigby-Cannon Limestone, Phosphatic Limestone
    Rock description Bigby-Cannon Limestone, Phosphatic Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.89805, 35.91343

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.9M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1962

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tennessee Valley Authority
    Home office Box 73 Columbia, Tn. 38401 Attn. E.W. Wallace
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tennessee Valley Authority
    Home office Box 73, Columbia, Tn. 38401

Comments on the production information

  • BENEFICIATION-WASHING, NODULIZING, SIZING, FURNACING; TRANSPORTATION-TRUCK AND RAIL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.W., AND WHITLATCH, G.I., 1940, THE PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 48, 444 P

  • Deposit

    1940 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.V.A., T.D.G., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINING INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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