Mine detail: Stauffer #231-18 Ruthen Sands

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Location: Giles County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.37844, -87.11194
dep_id: 10026345
mrds_id: K004049
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Floyd, Robert J.
hrock_unit: Bigby-Cannon Limestone, Phosphatic Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1974
References:
  • Deposit:: SMITH, RICHARD W. AND WHITLATCH, GEORGE I., 1940, THE PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 48, 444 P
  • Deposit:: 1974 COMPILE MINE INVENTORY
  • Deposit:: MINING INVENTORY, 1974, TVA, TDG, USBM MANUSCRIPT
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