Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10076059
MRDS IDW022973
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates35.91343, -86.89805
References
CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K002307.PROPERTY IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.PHOSPHATE ROCK IS MINED FROM RESIDUUM OF THE ORDOVICIAN BIGBY-CANNON LIMESTONE. FROM 1975 EMJ DIR-OPERATION INCLUDES SEVERAL MINES-ACTUAL ORE TONNAGE 200885 DRY, ACTUAL WASTE TONNAGE 164487. FROM TVA MUSCLE SHOALS, ALA-PROD CAP.IN 1976 200000 ST. FROM 1974 MESA EMP DATA- MINE 23 MEN.