Smithson Pit Ps-21

Past Producer in Williamson 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100153
MRDS ID W022975
Record type Site
Current site name Smithson Pit Ps-21

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.89832, 35.92704 (WGS84)
Elevation 213

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Williamson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leipers Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Harpeth(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Williamson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.89832, 35.92704

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K002308.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY MRS. BESSIE BUSH AND IS OPERATED BY THE U.S.

  • Deposit

    GOVERNMENT, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE ROCK IS MINED FROM RESIDUUM OF THE ORDOVICIAN BIGBY-CANNON LIMESTONE. FROM 1975 EMJ DIR-OPERATION INCLUDES SEVERAL MINES-ACTUAL ORE TONNAGE 200885 DRY, ACTUAL WASTE TONNAGE 164487. FROM TVA MUSCLE SHOALS, ALA-PROD CAP IN 1976 200000 ST. FROM 1974 MESA EMP DATA- MINE 23 MEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.