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Ackerman Kaolin

Prospect in Carroll county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free
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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 10298975
MAS/MILS ID 0470170001
Record type Site
Current site name Ackerman Kaolin

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.45084, 35.8657 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarksburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Obion(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carroll

Comments on the location information

  • REFERENCE POINT IS APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF AREA. DEPOSIT OCCURS IN 2 COUNTIES 80% OF THE DEPOSIT IS FOUND IN CARROLL CO. AND 20 PERCENT IN HENDERSON CO. THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ALL OR PARTS OF THE FOLLOWING 7.5 MINUTE QUADRANGLES-PALMER SHELTER-BUENA VISTA-CEDAR GROVE- CLARKSBURG-YUMA. THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE FOLLOWING MINOR DRAINAGE AREAS 16I AND 16K SEE USGS CATALOG OF INFORMATION ON WATER DATA MAPS SHOWING LOCATION OF WATER QUALITY STATIONS. REVIEWED BY J.HRABIK & P.KINEK, EFOC, NOV., 1978. PURPOSE OF REVIEW (NOV., 1978) WAS TO CORRECT TRANSLATION ERRORS, NOT TO UPDATE INFORMATION. KAOLIN MINED FROM LOWER EOCENE WILCOX FORMATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Mica Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.45084, 35.8657
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.7M
    Length 3942M
    Width 3942M
    Area 770HA
    Depth to top 10.7M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 770
    Date of Last Modification 800809

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Hardy Sand Co.
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • THE COMMODITY HIGH ALUMINA CLAY/KAOLIN NOT PRESENTLY BEING MINED. DEPOSIT HAS NEVER PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1/RESERVES AS OF 1944 AND REVISED BY U.S. BUMINES TO REFLECT LOWER ALUMINA REQUIREMENT/BUMINES IC 8335 1967. NO PRODUCTION 1944-1972.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 154HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Swell Factor .7
    Percent Waste Rock 74.3
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10.7
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 2857
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 389
    Unit Production Cost .91
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I.C 8335 1967

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH GEORGE I., TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULL. 49,

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A. AND PAUL W. JOHNSON BUMINES I.C. 8648 1974

  • Deposit

    MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM(MAS). DEPOSIT FILE 28-145-0001

  • Deposit

    (WILCOX KAOLIN BELT, MISSISSIPPI). BUMINES, 1975.

  • Deposit

    -----. DEPOSIT FILE 47-017-0001 (ACKERMAN KAOLIN AREA, TENN-

  • Deposit

    ESSEE). BUMINES, 1975.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-1996 Jh / Pk U.S. Bureau of Mines

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