Hamilton Plant Ti

Plant in Monroe county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Titanium, Pigment
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10267790
MAS/MILS ID 0280958001
Record type Site
Current site name Hamilton Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -88.45424, 37.54727 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pope(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Herod(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

West Frankfort(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ohio-Bay(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shawnee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Monroe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -88.45424, 37.54727

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1965
Year of first production 1965
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Chloride

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kerr-Mc Gee Corp.
    Interest 100
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Description 16000
  • Year 1987
    Description 75000
  • Year 1988
    Description 77000
  • Year 1989
    Description 96200
  • Year 1989
    Description 96000
  • Year 1990
    Description 98000
  • Year 1991
    Description Pigment Production 98000 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 98000mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Pigment Capacity 106000

Comments on the production information

  • PIGMENT GRADE ASSUMED TO BE 93%.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CHLORIDE B PLANT. COSTS ARE IN 1991 DOLLARS.

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEED STOCK CONSUMPTION: 1991- 115248 MTPY, 1990- 115248, 1989- 112896, 1988- 90552, 1987- 88195. *FEEDSTOCK: SYNTHETIC RUTILE- CAPTIVE, MOBILE, AL, 88.5% OF FEED, 1.041 MT/MT TIO2, 93% GRADE, $450/MT DEL., $468.53/MT TIO2; SYNTHETIC RUTILE- FREMANTLE, W. AUSTRALIA, 11.5% OG FEED, 0.135 MT/MT TIO2, 93% GRADE, $409/MT DEL., $375/MT FOB + $24/MT FRT. + $10/MT CARTAGE, $55.34/MT TIO2. *TOTAL FEEDSTOCK COST- $523.86/MT TIO2.
  • FLOW CHART: FEED-CHLORINATORS-CYCLONE SEPARATORS-PURIFIERS- OXIDIZERS-GAS SEPARATOR-FINISHING. *INITIAL CONSTRUCTION COST- $13,500,000. *1989 OR 1990 OR 1991 ENPANSION COST- $25,000,000. *REPLACEMENT COST- $280,000,000. *LABOR COST- $85.12/MT TIO2. *CHLORINE- OCCIDENTAL, MUSCLE SHOALS, AL, $44.09/MT, $40/ST, $7.72/MT TIO2, 0.175 MT CL/MT TIO2. *ALUMINUM- $1556/MT, $8.71/MT TIO2, 0.0056 MT AL/MT TIO2. *COKE- GREAT LAKES CARBON, $179.68/MT, $55.70/MT TIO2, 0.31 MT COKE/MT TIO2. *TOLUENE- $0.85/GAL, $3.15/MT TIO2, 3.7 GAL/MT TIO2. *SCRUB SOLIDS- $180/MT, $3.24/MT TIO2, 0.018 MT/MT TIO2. *SEPARATED AIR- UNION CARBIDE CORP.: O2- $1.32/MSCF, $18.48/MT TIO2, 14 MSCF/MT TIO2; N2- $0.68/MSCF, $19.04/MT TIO2, 28 MSCF/MT TIO2. *FINISHING CHEMICALS- $105/MT TIO2. *MAINTENANCE MATERIALS- $66.04/MT TIO2, 2.5% REPLACE. COST. *STEAM- ONSITE, $5.15/MLB, $42.75/MT TIO2, 8.3 MLB/MT TIO2. *ELECTRICITY- TVA, MS, $0.04/KWH, $26/MT TIO2, 650 KWH/MT TIO2. *NATURAL GAS- SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS, $2.34/MSCF, $30.54/MT TIO2, 13 MSCF/MT TIO2. *PROCESS WATER- ABERDEEN WATER AND LIGHT, $0.47/MGAL, $4.32/MT TI 9.2 MGAL/MT TIO2. *COOLING WATER- ABERDEEN WATER AND LIGHT, $0.05/MGAL, $1.25/MT TI 25 MGAL/MT TIO2. *POLLUTION CONTROL- $24.67/MT TIO2. *OPERATION COST- $1106.45/MT TIO2. *PRODUCTION COST- $1450.39/MT TIO2.
  • PLANT OVERHEAD- $17.30/MT TIO2, 80% OP. COST. *TAXES & INSURANCE- $42.79/MT TIO2, $162/$100 OF REPLACE. COST. *G&A, SALES, RESEARCH- $72.52/MT TIO2, 5% PROD. COST. *DEPRECIATION- $211.32/MT TIO2, 8% REPLACE. COST. *TARIFFS ON TI PIGMENT IS 0-5% OF IMPORT VALUE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POLLUTION CONTROL PERMITS ISSUED BY THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

  • Deposit

    LOCAL MERCHANTS.

  • Deposit

    ABERDEEN, MS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT COVERS 60 ACRES OF THE 2000 ACRE PROPERTY. *PLANT IS LOCATED ON THE TOMBIGBEE CHANNEL. PLANT DOES NOT USE THE CHANNEL FOR TRANSPORTATION. *THIS IS THE ONLY PLANT IN THE US THAT MAKES ITS OWN SYNTHETIC RUTILE FEEDSTOCK. *PLANT IS SERVEDBY A SPUR OF THE BURLINGTON-NORTHERN RR. *THER ARE NO PERSONNEL ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE PLANT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1996 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Coordinate doesn't match listed state

The coordinates (37.5473, -88.4542) appear to be in Illinois or Kentucky, but this record is listed as being in Mississippi. The location data may be incorrect.