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Hooker #537 Nichols

Past Producer in Hickman county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026357
MRDS ID K004065
Record type Site
Current site name Hooker #537 Nichols

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.29417, 35.7126 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Relative position 1.2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHADY GROVE, TN.

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 Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.29417, 35.7126
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1973

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 Shaw
    Home office Duck River, Tn. 38454

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.642HA

Comments on the workings information

  • STARTED PRODUCTION IN APRIL 1973. INACTIVE IN JULY 1975 (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, RICHARD W. AND WHITLATCH, GEORGE I., 1940, THE PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 48, 444 P

  • Deposit

    1974 COMPILE MINE INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    MINING INVENTORY, 1974, TVA, TDG, USBM MANUSCRIPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Floyd, Robert J. U.S. Geological Survey

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