Littlelot Mine

Plant in Hickman 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 10251011
MAS/MILS ID 0470810140
Record type Site
Current site name Littlelot Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.30001, 35.7654 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hickman(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Littlelot(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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.30001, 35.7654

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Wash

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner M. C. West, Inc.
    ID 4002630
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1981.

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/20/1991
MSHA mine ID4002630
Mine name (MSHA)Little Lot Washer & Mine
Current operatorMaury Phosphate Company
Current controller (parent)Smith James L & James T
Mine typeSurface (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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