Mine detail: Monsanto Mines

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Location: Maury, Williamson, Giles County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.5001, -86.99999
dep_id: 10107369
mrds_id: W031375
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Collophane
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Sedimentation
Reporter: Sutphin, David M., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Bigby Cannon Phosphatic Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
disc_yr: 1935
References:
  • Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.
  • Other Database:: ISMI
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