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Stauffer Chemical Co. Properties

Producer in Maury county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10300445
MRDS ID K004039
MAS/MILS ID 0471190084
Record type Site
Current site name Stauffer Chemical Co. Properties
Alternate or previous names Globe Mine, Stauffer #221-23 M. Smith

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.1716, 35.5302 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maury(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Pleasant(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 Maury

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock type qualifier Phosphatic Limestone
    Rock unit name Bigby-Cannon Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.1716, 35.5302
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1.1M
    Length 2679M
    Width 2679M
    Area 718HA
    Depth to top 4.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4.6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 718
    Date of Last Modification 830510

Comments on the geologic information

  • DENSITY IS FOR DRY IN-SITU ORE; ASSUME 25% MOISTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1893
Mining method Strip-Level
Year of first production 1936
Milling method Washing

Mining district

District name Mount Pleasant Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rhone-Poulenc Basic Chemical Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Arkansas
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pressnell Phosphate Co.
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Stauffer Chemical Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 89 Mt. Pleasant,Tn. 38474 Phone(615)379-7781 Attn: George A. Herr

Comments on the ownership information

  • FORMERLY OWNED BY STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO.

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Description Crude Ore 604000 Mt Ore/Year
  • Year 1976
    Description Crude Ore 749000 Mt Ore/Year
  • Year 1977
    Description Crude Ore 595000 Mt Ore/Year
  • Year 1978
    Description Crude Ore 574000 Mt Ore/Year
  • Year 1979
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Crude Ore (Estimate) 635000 Mt Ore/Year
  • Year 1984
    Description Crude Ore 597000 Mt Ore/Year
  • Year 1985
    Description Crude Ore 444500 Mt Ore/Year
  • Year 1986
    Description Crude Ore 527300 Mt Ore/Year

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN APRIL 1981, STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO. INCREASED ITS RESERVES WHEN IT PURCHASED, FOR $29,900,000, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY RESERVES OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.
  • QA=EXT QUANTITY ASSAYS ARE IN EXTRACTABLE GRADES. RESERVES INCLUDE HOLDINGS OF MOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY (SEQ. NO. 0471190083) RECENTLY PURCHASED BY STAUFFER. MINING RECOVERY = 90%

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 486HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 83
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 4.6
    Primary Material Cover QUICKSAND
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore QUICKSAND
    Capacity 2177
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 5.6
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 232HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 83
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 4.6
    Primary Material Cover QUICKSAND
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore QUICKSAND
    Capacity 363
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 5.6
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 1908 HECTARES.

Comments on development

  • PERMIT #74-7 IS FOR AREAS 221-23, 223-23, 223-24, 223-25, 223-26, 223-31, 223-33, 223-154, 223-178, 223-186, 231-18, 231-19, 231-20, 231-23. TOTAL 200 ACRES. OTHER PERMITS -- 68-13, 69-41, 70-6, 71-11, 72-40, 73-3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. 1981 MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. 2, AREA REPORTS: DOMESTIC, P. 463.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    SMITH, RICHARD W. AND WHITLATCH, GEORGE I., 1940, THE PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 48, 444 P.

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE SURFACE MINING LAW, STTRIP AND OPEN PIT MINES, CHAPTER 15. ACTS 1972 (ADJ. 5), CH. 547, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC.,EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF TENNESSEE USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 13-79, 37 P.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, WILLIAMSON, MAURY, GILES COUNTIES, TENN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 1976, 1976, 1975.

  • Deposit

    MINING INVENTORY, 1974, TVA, TDG, USBM MANUSCRIPT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE IN WILLIAMSON, MAURY AND GILES COUNTIES. RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION BY SOLUTION OF PREVIOUS SEDIMENTATION. STANDARD POINT LOCATION IS MT. PLEASANT. (BENEFICATION PLANT SITE). 100% PRODUCTION IS CONSUMED INTERNALLY. DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED FOR MINABLE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-96 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-JUN-75 Floyd, Robert J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 14-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Combined data from MRDS record K004039 (Dep_ID 10026336) and deleted that record.

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Stauffer Chemical Co. — dissolved ~1985
    Acquired by Rhône-Poulenc in 1985; agricultural and industrial chemical businesses dispersed through multiple owners over the following two decades.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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