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Kerr-Mcgee Deposit

Prospect in Benton county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024977
MRDS ID ISM0729
Record type Site
Current site name Kerr-Mcgee Deposit
Alternate or previous names North Camden

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.18336, 36.11676 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bruceton(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 Benton

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST COAST OF SOUTH ISLAND ABOUT 25 KM NORTH OF GREYMOUTH AT THE NORTHERN END OF BARRYTOWN FLATS AND EXTENDING IN ABOUT 1 KM FROM THE COAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TITANIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Mcnairy Formation
    Rock description Mcnairy Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Coon Creek Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Shoreline

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ILMN + GRNT + ZRCN + MGNT + RUTL + MNZT + GOLD + (QRTZ + FLDP); GEOLOGY IS SIMILAR TO THE WESTPORT DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name West Tennessee

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kerr-Mcgee

Comments on the production information

  • NOT ANNOUNCED NONE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BULK GRADE OF THE SANDS IS ABOUT 10% ILMENITE BY WEIGHT (MCPHERSON 78, WARD 71)

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS; PROCESSING;). EXPLORATION(YES); ASSESSMENT(GRAMPIAN MINING HAS DEVELOPED A NEW PROCESS FOR CONVERTING WEST COAST ILMENITE INTO TIO2 PIGMENT WITHOUT THE TRADITIONAL INTERMEDIATE STAGE. IT IS PLANNING A PILOT PLANT TO OPERATE AT CHARLESTON PROBABLY FROM 1985-87. DEVELOPMENT APPEARS TO REST ON THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF THE PILOT PLANT AND UPON OBTAINING THE RIGHTS TO MINE THE AREA.); THE ILMENITE IS PECULIAR IN THAT IT IS HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO ACID LEACHING. A FEASIBILITY STUDY INTO TIO2 PIGMENT PRODUCTION USING HCL IS UNDERWAY. THE RAW ILMENITE CONCENTRATE IS UNSALEABLE DUE TO ITS LOW TIO2 CONTENT (45-47% TIO2) AND IMPURITIES. IT MUST UNDERGO SOME FORM OF BENEFICIATION PROCESS. GOLD COULD BE A VALUABLE BY PRODUCT (AV. GRADE 0.06 G/T) ALSO ZIRCON (0.35%) AND MONAZITE (0.001%). GRID DRILLING TO ESTABLISH RESERVES TO APPROX 10 M DEPTH. AUGER DRILLING TO BE REPLACED BY MECHANICAL DRILLING
  • WHEN DRILL IS IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA INTO NEW ZEALAND EARLY 1985. IN FEBRUARY 1985, 20 OF 200 PROPOSED HOLES WERE COMPLETED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FANTEL, R.J. ET AL, 1986. TITANIUM MINERALS AVAILABILITY. MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9061, 48 P.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, REG, 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE, PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES INFORMATION LTD, LONDON, P. 49-53.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). N 3M
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey

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