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Hickman-Maury Counties Properties

Producer in Maury county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free
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  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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10300232
MAS/MILS ID 0471190085
Record type Site
Current site name Hickman-Maury Counties Properties
Alternate or previous names M. C. West, Inc., Properties

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.2822, 35.7707 (WGS84)
Elevation 215

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hickman(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Littlelot(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hohenwald(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Duck(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Maury

Comments on the location information

  • THE WASHING PLANT IS LOCATED IN HICKMAN COUNTY NEAR LITTLELOT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Collophane Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Fort Payne Formation and Chattanooga Shale
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.4M
    Length 450M
    Width 450M
    Depth to top 3.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830510
  • Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • DENSITY IS FOR DRY IN-SITU ORE; ASSUME 18% MOISTURE. ORE FILLS SOLUTION-WIDENED JOINTS. PINNICLES AND BOULDERS OF LIMESTONE PROTRUDE INTO ORE BODY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Mining method Strip-Level
Year of first production 1980
Milling method Washing

Mining district

District name Centerville District

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner G. T. Construction Co., Inc.
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Maury Phosphate Co.
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1987

Comments on the ownership information

  • IN 1982, G. T. CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., PURCHASED MOST OF THE MINING TRACTS AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE BENEFICIATION FACILITIES AT WILLIAMSPORT; HOWEVER, THE MINING PROPERTY AND BENEFICIATION FACILITIES AT LITTLELOT WERE PURCHASED BY MAURY PHOSPHATE CO. IN 1984.

Comments on the production information

  • THE YIELD GRADE AND PERCENT RECOVERY FOR CAO ARE UNKNOWN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINING RECOVERY = 80%

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 20HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 71.4
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 3.5
    Primary Material Cover QUICKSAND
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore QUICKSAND
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 65
    Capacity 373
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 3.17
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 243
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 30 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    DUANE LEACH, CONTROLLER, G. T. CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.;

  • Ownership

    8/11/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.

  • Ownership

    J. L. SMITH, PRESIDENT, MAURY PHOSPHATE CO.; 8/11/87

  • Ownership

    TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF TENNESSEE USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM,

  • Deposit

    BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 13-79, 1978, 37 PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OF TENNESSEE; TENN. DIV. OF GEOL. BULL. 48, 444 PP.

  • Deposit

    BATES, R.L., 1969, GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND MINERALS;

  • Deposit

    DOVER, N.Y.; TENNESSEE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS PP 187-190.

  • Deposit

    BURT, R.B., 1978, THE MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF TENNESSEE

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE ROCK; SPECIAL REPORT FOR ZELLARS-WILLIAMS,

  • Deposit

    INC., 6 PP.

  • Deposit

    REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO SURFACE MINING, STATE OF

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, DIVISION OF

  • Deposit

    SURFACE MINING, 1975, CH. 0400-3-4.

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENTAL

  • Deposit

    HEALTH SERVICES, DIV. OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, AMBIENT

  • Deposit

    AIR QUALITY STANDARDS, CH. 1200-3-3.

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, R.E., FLOYD, R.J., MILLER, R.A., AND WILSON, C.W.,

  • Deposit

    ET.AL., GEOLOGIC MAPS AND MINERAL RESOURCE SUMMARIES;

  • Deposit

    TENN. DIV. OF GEOL., 1963-1970.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, HICKMAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE DEPT. OF

  • Deposit

    TRANSPORTATION, 1973.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT J0377000. ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PROJECT, EFFECTIVE DATE, JUNE 30, 1977. THE HICKMAN AND MAURY COUNTY PROPERTIES CONSIST OF FOUR SEPARATE TRACTS. THREE TRACTS ARE IN HICKMAN COUNTY; LOCATION IS THE CENTER OF THE FOUR TRACTS. DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED FOR MINABLE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-APR-1993 Hrabik, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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