Hooker 063

Past Producer in Maury 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026017
MRDS ID K002315
Record type Site
Current site name Hooker 063
Related records 10300183

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.24556, 35.67677 (WGS84)
Relative position AT MORROW BLUFF (DUCK RIVER) 1 MILE SW OF WILLIAMSPORT, TENNESSEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maury(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williamsport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hohenwald(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Duck(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Maury

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

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) -87.24556, 35.67677

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hooker Chemical Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box 591 Columbia,Tn. 38401 Phone(615)388-6752 Attn: J.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Javes F. Russell
    Home office Route 1, Williamsport, Tn.

Comments on the production information

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

Comments on development

  • COMPLETED 8/72

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.