Oak Grove Deposit

Occurrence in Henry county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Kyanite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085036
MRDS ID W700473
Record type Site
Current site name Oak Grove Deposit
Alternate or previous names Ethyl Corp. Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.1667, 36.38342 (WGS84)
Relative position IN NW PART OF STATE, ON E EDGE OF MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buchanan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kentucky Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Henry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Kyanite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Staurolite Ore
Tourmaline Ore
Zircon Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ILMENITE PROBABLY AVERAGES TIO2 CONTENT OF 62%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Mcnairy Formation
    Rock description Mcnairy Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.1667, 36.38342

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shoreline

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANCIENT MARINE BEACH QUARTZ SANDS, APPROX. 12 M THICK OCCURRING NEAR BASE OF THE MCNAIRY SAND. UNIT IS CHARACTERIZED BY VERY FINE SANDS CONTAINING UP TO 15% CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name West Tennessee

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ethyl Corp.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0771 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD; RECORD NUMBER ISM0583 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ISMI RECORD, 1986, OAK GROVE DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1989 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.