Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryIron, Aluminum, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Other materialsCollophane, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Bigby-Cannon Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1936
Discovery year1893
Identification
Deposit ID10300445
MRDS IDK004039
Alternate namesGlobe Mine, Stauffer #221-23 M. Smith
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.5302, -87.1716
References
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. 1981 MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. 2, AREA REPORTS: DOMESTIC, P. 463.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY,SMITH, RICHARD W. AND WHITLATCH, GEORGE I., 1940, THE PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 48, 444 P.TENNESSEE SURFACE MINING LAW, STTRIP AND OPEN PIT MINES, CHAPTER 15. ACTS 1972 (ADJ. 5), CH. 547, P. 1.ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC.,EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF TENNESSEE USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 13-79, 37 P.GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, WILLIAMSON, MAURY, GILES COUNTIES, TENN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 1976, 1976, 1975.MINING INVENTORY, 1974, TVA, TDG, USBM MANUSCRIPT