Darwin

Prospect in Giles 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202461
MAS/MILS ID 0470550011
Record type Site
Current site name Darwin
Alternate or previous names Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No. 28

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.0967, 35.26371 (WGS84)
Elevation 213

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Giles(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milky Way(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 Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.0967, 35.26371

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 700M
    Width 500M
    Area 30HA
    Depth to top 4M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 820616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Monsanto Industrial Chemical Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R. W. & WHITLATCH, G. I., 1940, THE PHOSPHATE RESOURC

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE/ TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 48, 444 P.

  • Deposit

    BASED ON PHOSPHATE CONTRACT NO. S014132.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Georgia Tech. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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