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Bufords Cheatham #2483

Past Producer in Giles 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026025
MRDS ID K002337
Record type Site
Current site name Bufords Cheatham #2483
Related records 10226368

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.96193, 35.33317 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES SW OF THE MARS HILL JUNCTION OF I-65 AND STATE HIGHWAY 129 ON THE W SIDE OF BLUE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Giles(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brick Church(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tullahoma(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

Analytical data

Result P2O5-20.5%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.96193, 35.33317
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1968

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Monsanto Industrial Chemicals Co.
    Home office 800 North Lindbergh Boulevard Columbia, Tn. 38401 Attn. Cam M. Hales
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jesse Cheatham
    Home office Route 2, Lynnville, Tn. 38472

Comments on the production information

  • BENEFICIATION-WASHING, NODULIZING, SIZING, FURNACING; TRANSPORTATION-TRUCK-RAIL

Comments on the workings information

  • OVERBURDEN 3 FEET

Comments on development

  • ONLY MINED ABOUT 1 DAY/WEEK. MINING COMPLETED IN 1971.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1940 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.V.A., T.D.G., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINING INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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