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Stauffer #231-26 C. Thurman

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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102369
MRDS ID K004054
Record type Site
Current site name Stauffer #231-26 C. Thurman

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.11361, 35.38678 (WGS84)
Elevation 265

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Giles(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynnville(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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.11361, 35.38678
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1974

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stauffer Chemical Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 89 Mt. Pleasant,Tn. 38474 Phone(615)379-7781 Attn: George A. Herr
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clifford Thurman
    Home office Lynnville, Tn.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.642HA

Comments on the workings information

  • STARTED MINING IN JAN. 1974. COMPLETED MINING IN OCT. 1974. MINED OUT.

Comments on development

  • PERMIT #74-7 SECOND AMENDMENT IS FOR AREAS 231-21, 231-26, 231-27. TOTAL 23 ACRES. OTHER PERMITS -- 68-13, 69-41, 70-6, 71-11, 72-40, 73-3, 74-7.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1974 COMPILE MINE INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    MINING INVENTORY, 1974, TVA, TDG, USBM MANUSCRIPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Floyd, Robert J. U.S. Geological Survey

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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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