| Deposit ID | 10178244 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0471190083 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mobil Chemical Company |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -87.09, 35.28011 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 215 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Giles(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Milky Way(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Maury |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Calcium | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Water, Free | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Collophane | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -87.09, 35.28011 |
|---|
| Thickness | 3.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 668M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 668M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 51HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 4.7M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1896 |
| Year of first production | 1898 |
| Milling method | Washing |
| District name | Mount Pleasant Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mobil Chemical Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Virginia |
| Year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0471190083 |
ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS
OF TENNESSEE USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM,
BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 13-79, 1978, 37 PP.
SMITH, R.W. & WHITLATCH, G.I., 1940, THE PHOSPHATE RESOURCES
OF TENNESSEE; TENN. DIV. OF GEOL. BULL. 48, 444 PP.
BATES, R.L., 1969, GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND MINERALS;
DOVER, N.Y.; TENNESSEE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, PP 187-190.
BURT, R.B., 1978, THE MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF TENNESSEE
PHOSPHATE ROCK; SPECIAL REPORT FOR ZELLARS-WILLIAMS,
INC., 6 PP.
HERSHEY, R.E., FLOYD, R.J., MILLER, R.A., AND WILSON, C.W.,
ET. AL., GEOLOGIC MAPS AND MINERAL RESOURCE SUMMARIES;
TENNESSEE DIV. OF GEOLOGY, 1963-1970.
GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, MAURY AND GILES COUNTIES, TENNESSEE
DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION, 1976, 1975.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONTRACT #J0377000. ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PRO EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977. THIS DEPOSIT IS BEING EVALUATED AS TYPE R BECAUSE MOBIL HAS CEASED PHOSPHATE PRODUCTION IN TENNESSEE. PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED IN MAURY AND GILES COUNTIES. MOBIL SOLD ALL HOLDINGS TO STAUFFER CHEMICAL COMPANY. RESERVES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN STAUFFER HOLDINGS (SEQ. 0471190084). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 05-OCT-1992 | Hartos | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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