Prospect Number 2505

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 10275152
MRDS ID K002338
MAS/MILS ID 0470550005
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect Number 2505
Alternate or previous names Tucker-Brownlow Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.0553, 35.03841 (WGS84)
Elevation 238

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Giles(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aspen Hill(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) -87.0553, 35.03841

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 Unknown
    Owner Monsanto Industrial Chemical Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K002338.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY GILES TUCKER.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE ROCK IS MINED FROM THE ORDOVICIAN BIGBY-CANNON LIM

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81 - PROBABLY PAST PRODUCER.

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.