Stauffer Pit

Past Producer in Giles 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075878
MRDS ID W022673
Record type Site
Current site name Stauffer Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.03806, 35.24455 (WGS84)
Elevation 250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Giles(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pulaski(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
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.03806, 35.24455

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K002352.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE MCGREW HEIRS AND IS OPERATED BY STAUFFER

  • Deposit

    CHEMICAL COMPANY.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE ROCK IS MINED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN BIGBY-CANNON LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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