Hooker #523 Totty

Producer in Hickman 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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026019
MRDS ID K002318
Record type Site
Current site name Hooker #523 Totty
Related records 10154638

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.29, 35.71732 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.6 MILE SOUTHWEST OF SHADY GROVE,TN. AND 1.5 MILE NORTH OF BAKER BLUFF.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hickman(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenfield Bend(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 Hickman

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) -87.29, 35.71732

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hooker Chemicals And Plastics Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box 591 Columbia,Tn. 38401 Phone(615)388-6752 Attn: J.
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Copley
    Home office P.O. Box 342 Columbia,Tn. 38401

Comments on the production information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.428HA

Comments on the workings information

  • STARTED PRODUCTION IN MAY 1972{INACTIVE IN JULY 1974{(MINED OUT)

Comments on development

  • PERMIT #74-21 IS FOR AREAS 6,139,507,509,515,516,523,529,530,537,542. TOTAL 270 ACRES. OTHER PERMITS--68-25,69-38,70-25,71-24,72-48,73-29.

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

    MINING INVENTORY, 1974, TVA, TDG, USBM MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1974 COMPILE MINE 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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