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Old Hickory

Prospect in Dinwiddie county in Virginia, United States with commodities Titanium, Zirconium, Aluminum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251790
MAS/MILS ID 0510530012
Record type Site
Current site name Old Hickory

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.5664, 36.91677 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dinwiddie(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Emporia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Norfolk(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nottoway(hydrologic unit)

Albemarle-Chowan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Dinwiddie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Aluminum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Staurolite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.5664, 36.91677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.6M
    Length 10000M
    Width 2000M
    Area 1420HA
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #2 MANTLELIKE
    Type of Orebody #3 STRATIFORM
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1420
    Date of Last Modification 910115

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1988
Mining method Dredging
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Renison Goldfields Consolidated Ltd. - (Rgc)
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • PERCENT RECOVERY OF 84.4 PERCENT = WET MILL RECOVERY AT 87 PERCENT AND DRY MILL RECOVERY AT 97 PERCENT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE RECOVERY IS ANTICIPATED TO BE 90 PERCENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1420HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .3
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 7.6
    Capacity 24300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 360200
    Unit Production Cost .72
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 360
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    RENISON GOLDFIELDS CONSOLIDATED, 1989 ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RENISON GOLDFIELDS CONSOLIDATED, 1989 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 24, 1989, P. 424.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOVEMBER 1989, P. 21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Smith, R.C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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