| Deposit ID | 10178365 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0470550016 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Giles County Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Tva Phosphate Deposit No.7 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.93809, 35.29181 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 220 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Giles |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Collophane | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -86.93809, 35.29181 |
|---|
| Thickness | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 5800M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 2400M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 633HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1936 |
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tennessee Valley Authority Muscle Shoals |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0470550016 |
SMITH, R. W. & WHITLATCH, G. I., 1940, THE PHOSPHATE RESOURC
TENNESSEE/ TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 48, PP. 21
BASED ON PHOSPHATE CONTRACT NO. S014132.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONTRACT NO. GO-144132 ENTERED 1976/ REVISIONS BY T Q LYDAY RECORD 040, COLUMNS 71-80/ MAP NAME IS BRICK CHURCH. MATRIX RECORD 1/ GRADE & QUANTITIES GIVEN WERE SUPPLIED BY T THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN A ZELLAR AND WILLIAMS REGIONAL STUDY OF PHOSPHATES IN TENNESSEE, IS ONE OF SEVENTY FIVE PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE TVA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PHOSPHATE MINING IN TENNESSEE BY THE TVA REFER TO DEPOSIT LISTING (SEQ. NO. 0471190082). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Georgia Tech. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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