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Monsanto Mines

Producer in Maury county in Tennessee, United States with commodity 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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107369
MRDS ID W031375
Record type Site
Current site name Monsanto Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.99999, 35.5001 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Approximate Center Of District

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maury(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glendale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Duck(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Maury
United States Tennessee Williamson
United States Tennessee Giles

Comments on the location information

  • SEE GENERAL COMMENTS - MINES IN DISTRICT ARE BETWEEN 35 59 10 N TO 35 01 17 N & 87 10 59 W TO 86 45 23 W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bigby Cannon Phosphatic Limestone
    Rock description Bigby Cannon Phosphatic Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.99999, 35.5001
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Monsanto Industrial Chemicals Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Varies By Locality

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS VARY WITH LOCALITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REVIEW OF RECORDS SHOWS DEPOSIT TO GENERALLY HAVE LESS THAN 2 METERS OVERBURDEN AND A THICKNESS LESS THAN 5 METERS
Deposit THIS IS AN UMBRELLA RECORD COVERING 46 MONSANTO OPERATED-INDEPENDENTLY OWNED-PHOSPHATE MINES. FOR SPECIFIC DATA CHECK INDIVIDUAL MINE RECORDS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-88 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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