| Deposit ID | 10251238 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0470550013 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed |
| Alternate or previous names | Stauffer Phosphate Deposit No. 7 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -87.1167, 35.24681 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 207 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Giles |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Collophane | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -87.1167, 35.24681 |
|---|
| Thickness | 4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 800M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 700M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 18HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Stauffer Chemical Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Tennessee |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0470550013 |
SMITH, R. W. & WHITLATCH, G. I., 1940, THE PHOSPHATE RESOURC
TENNESSEE/ TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 48, 444 P.
BASED ON PHOSPHATE CONTRACT NO. S014132.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Georgia Tech. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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