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Savannah Plant Ti

Plant in Bartow county in Georgia, United States with commodity Titanium, Pigment
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  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 10289437
MAS/MILS ID 0130158001
Record type Site
Current site name Savannah Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -81.04152, 32.08348 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chatham(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Savannah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Savannah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Savannah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Savannah(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Bartow

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -81.04152, 32.08348
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1955
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Chloride

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kemira Oy
    Interest 100
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1987
    Description 54000
  • Year 1987
    Description 40000
  • Year 1988
    Description 40000
  • Year 1988
    Description 54000
  • Year 1988
    Description 38000
  • Year 1989
    Description 54000
  • Year 1989
    Description 40000
  • Year 1990
    Description 54000
  • Year 1990
    Description 40000
  • Year 1991
    Description Sulfate Plant Production 52000 Mtpy Pigment
  • Year 1991
    Description Chloride Plant Production 65700 Mtpy Pigment
  • Year 1992
    Description Chloride Plant Capacity 90000 Mtpy Pigment
  • Year 1992
    Description Sulfate Plant Capacity 54000 Mtpy Pigment

Comments on the production information

  • CHLORIDE PLANT PRODUCES RUTILE TYPE PIGMENT. SULFATE PLANT PRODUCES ANATASE TYPE PIGMENT. *RUTILE PIGMENT USED FOR PAINTS, PLASTICS, PRINTING INKS. ANATASE PIGMENT USED FOR PULP AND PAPER, AND FIBER DELUSTRANT.
  • PIGMENT GRADE FOR THE CHLORIDE PLANT ESTIMATED TO BE 93%. PIGMENT GRADE FOR THE SULFATE PLANT ESTIMATED TO BE 95%.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CHLORIDE A AND SULFATE PLANT. COSTS ARE IN 1991 DOLLARS. TOTAL CAPACITY OF BOTH THE CHLORIDE AND SULFATE PLANTS IS 144,000 MTPY PIGMENT. THE AVERAGE FEED GRADE IS 88.3%.

Comments on the workings information

  • WASTE WATER TREATMENT PROCESS FLOW CHART: LIQUIDS- NEUTRALIZATION-DISCHARGE. *WATER POLLUTION CONTROL LABOR- $1,910,000/YR, $33.52/MT TIO2. *W ARAGONITE- 200000 MTPY, $12.68/MT, $2536000/YR, $46.96/MT TIO2 *W QUICKLIME- 7560 MTPY, $38/MT, $287,000/YR, $2/MT TIO2. *W MAINTENANCE MATERIALS- $394,000/YR, $6.93/MT TIO2. *W ELECTRICITY- 15,000 MKWH/YR, $50.70/MKWH, $761,000/YR, $14.08/MT TIO2. *W PERMIT FEES: WATER- $2,000/YR, $0.04/MT TIO2; AIR- $8,000/YR, $0.15/MT TIO2. *W DIRECT OPERATING COST- $5,898,000/YR, $103.57/MT TIO2. *W TAXES & INSURANCE- $630,000/YR, $11.09/MT TIO2. *W DEPRECIATION- $31,600,000; $1763,000/YR, $30.91/MT TIO2. *W TOTAL OPERATING COST- $8,141,000/YR, $144.52/MT TIO2. *AIR POLLUTION CONTROL LABOR- $360,952/YR, $2.51/MT TIO2. *A NATURAL GAS- 0.2 MCF/MT TIO2, $2.70/MCF, $48600/YR, $0.34/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $0.34/MT TIO2. *A SODIUM HYDROXIDE- 250 MTPY, $300/MT, $75,000/YR, $0.52/MT TIO2 ADDED COST = $0.52/MT TIO2. *A FLOCCULANT- 32,500 LB/YR, $4/LB, $130,000/YR, $0.90/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $0.90/MT TIO2. *A ELECTRICTIY- 115 KW, $0.047/KWH, $46,699/YR, $0.32/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $0.32/MT TIO2. *A DIRECT OPERATING COST- $661,251/YR, $4.59/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $2.09/MT TIO2. *A TAXES & INSURANCE- 2% REPLACE. COST, $34,000/YR, $0.24/MT TIO2 ADDED COST = $0.24/MT TIO2. *A DEPRECIATION- $136,000/YR, $0.94/MT TIO2. *A TOTAL OPERATING COST- $831,251/YR, $5.77/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $2.32/MT TIO2.

Comments on other economic factors

  • RECORDS 001 AND 002 REFER TO COSTS FOR THE CHLORIDE PLANT. RECORDS 003 AND 004 REFER TO COSTS FOR THW SULFATE PLANT. *C. PLANT OVERHEAD- $33.61/MT TIO2 CALC., $98/MT TIO2 REPORTED, 80% OP. LABOR. *C. TAXES & INSURANCE- $50/MT TIO2 CALC., $47/MT TIO2 REPORTED, 2% REPLACE. COST. *C. G&A, SALES, RESEARCH- $84.04/MT TIO2 CALC., $136/MT TIO2 REPORTED, 5% PROD. COST. *C. DEPRECIATION- $200/MT TIO2 CALC., $186/MT TIO2 REPORTED, 8% REPLACE. COST. *S. PLANT OVERHEAD- $78.42/MT TIO2 CALC., $98/MT TIO2 REPORTED, 80% NONADMIN LABOR. *S. TAXES & INSURANCE- $64.81/MT TIO2 CALC., $70/MT TIO2 REPORTED, 2% REPLACE. COST. *S. G&A, SALES, RESEARCH- $83.44/MT TIO2 CALC., $58/MT TIO2 REPORTED, 5% PROD. COST. *S. DEPRECIATION- $259.26/MT TIO2 CALC., $694/MT TIO2 REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEMIRA STAFF.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF GEORGIA, DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES,

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION, PERMITS NO. GA 0003646,

  • Deposit

    9447, 9981, 9705, 10371.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT IS ON A 16000 ACRE SITE. PLANT ITSELF COVERS 200 ACRES. *SULFURIC ACID PLANT IS ON SITE. *THERE ARE NO ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONNEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-1996 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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