Monsanto - Columbia Plant

Past Producer in Maury county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129600
MAS/MILS ID 0471199005
Record type Site
Current site name Monsanto - Columbia Plant
Alternate or previous names Columbia Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -87.0383, 35.6151 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maury(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(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
Iron Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -87.0383, 35.6151

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Monsanto Chemical Corp
    ID 4000903

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:73 TN MFG DIR,ADRS:WILLIAMS PORT PIKE,COLUMBIA,TN,EMP:66

  • Deposit

    PRODUCER OF PHOSPHOROUS,FERROPHOSPHOROUS,AND SLAG

  • Deposit

    # TREATS ORE FROM SEVERAL MONSANTO MINES. PLANT CONSISTS OF

  • Deposit

    # WASHER-CONCENTRATOR, AGGLOMERATOR-NODULIZER,& SMELTER.

  • Deposit

    # PLANT MAY HAVE BEEN PARTLY INSPECTED AS PART OF

  • Deposit

    # MSHA ID NO. 4000624.

  • Deposit

    # PRESUMED ACTIVE ALTHOUGH NOT ON RCF, CMS, MSHA LISTS 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID4000903
Mine name (MSHA)Monsanto Industrial Chemicals Co Mo
Current operatorMonsanto Company
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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