Oak Grove

Prospect in Henry county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Titanium, Zirconium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000874
MRDS ID ISM0771
Record type District
Current site name Oak Grove
Alternate or previous names Ethyl Corp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.16673, 36.38339 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED IN NW PART OF STATE ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 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 Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.16673, 36.38339

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SHORELINE-COMPLEX

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1956

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner ETHYL CORP.
    Interest 100

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FANTEL, R.J., BUCKINGHAM, D.A., SULLIVAN, D.E., 1986, TITANIUM MINERALS AVAILABILITY-MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, A MINERALS AVAILABILITY APPRAISAL: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR. 9061, 48 P.

  • Deposit

    WILCOX, J.T., 1971, PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF HEAVY MINERALS IN THE MCNAIRY SAND OF WEST TENNESSEE: NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION. VOL. 31, 11 P.

Beyond USGS

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