Mine detail: Brown-Rock Phosphate District

Previously called 'Monsanto MinesHooker ChemicalMount Pleasant'

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Location: Maury, Giles, Williamson, Marshall, Sumner, Rutherford, Lincoln, Hickman, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.16679, -86.99999
dep_id: 60000658
mrds_id: ISM0347
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Structure: BASIN, WEST FLANK OF NASHVILLE DOME
Year first produced: 1896
disc_yr: 1894
References:
  • SMITH R.W., WHITLATCH, G.I., 1940: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 48
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