Wilco Number 252 Pit

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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154095
MRDS ID K002343
MAS/MILS ID 0471870013
Record type Site
Current site name Wilco Number 252 Pit
Alternate or previous names Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No. 16, Tucker Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.83719, 35.9126 (WGS84)
Elevation 219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Williamson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin(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

Ore Body (1) -86.83719, 35.9126

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Monsanto Industrial Chemical Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY GEORGE GREEN.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE ROCK IS MINED FROM RESIDUUM OF THE ORDOVICIAN BIGB

  • Deposit

    CANNON LIMESTONE.

  • Deposit

    # ONE OF SEVERAL MONSANTO MINES SUPPLYING COLUMBIA PLANT,

  • Deposit

    # SEQ. NO. 0471199005.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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