Adair/Hooker Phosphate Pit

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 10178280
MAS/MILS ID 0471870063
Record type Site
Current site name Adair/Hooker Phosphate Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.93529, 35.8412 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Williamson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spring Hill(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) -86.93529, 35.8412

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Hall And Knox Mining Co
    ID 4002795
    Year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATION FROM MSHA FIELD OFFICE--FRANKLIN, TN.

  • Deposit

    DESCRIBED AS A SMALL PIT ON THE ROADSIDE (MSHA INSPECTOR).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/01/1991
MSHA mine ID4002795
Mine name (MSHA)Williamson County Operations
Current operatorHall & Knox Mining Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Knox Tillman W
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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