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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232529
MRDS ID K002352
MAS/MILS ID 0470550002
Record type Site
Current site name Stauffer Pit
Alternate or previous names Stauffer Chemical Company
Related records 10026030

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.0381, 35.24451 (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

Ore Body (1) -87.0381, 35.24451

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Mcgrew Heirs
    ID 4001085
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K002352.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE MCGREW HEIRS.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE ROCK IS MINED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN BIGBY-CANNON LIM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 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.