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Natchez Trace Deposit

Prospect in Carroll county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Thorium, Kyanite
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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 10024980
MRDS ID ISM0732
Record type Site
Current site name Natchez Trace Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.20003, 35.83343 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holladay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(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 Carroll

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE NATCHEZ TRACE STATE FORESTPLACER, MARINE"
  • EAST AND SOUTH OF CAPE FOULWIND, APPROX. 10 KM WEST OF WESTPORT, ALONG CARTERS BEACH AND NINE MILE BEACH.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • TITANIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Kyanite 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) -88.20003, 35.83343
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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

  • ; ALTERED ILMN + RUTL + MNZT + ZRCN + KYNT ( + QRTZ); ANCIENT MARINE BEACH SANDS OCCURRING NEAR THE BASE OF THE MCNARY SAND. THE UNIT IS CHARACTERIZED BY VERY FINE SANDS CONTAINING UP TO 15% CLAYS.
  • ; ILMN + GRNT -+ ZRCN + MGNT + RUTL + MNZT + GOLD (QRTZ + FLDP); THE SANDS OCCURS IN 5 QUATERNARY FORMATIONS BUT THE BULK OF ECONOMIC SAND BELONGS TO THE NINE MILE FM (HOLOCENE) WHICH FRINGES THE PRESENT SHORELINE. THE SAND IS UNCONSOLIDATED AND OFTEN PRESENT IN DUNES. BULK GRADE IS APPROXIMATELY 10% ILMENITE. IN THE OLDER PLEISTOCENE FORMATIONS FURTHER INLAND GRADE IS GENERALLY LESS THAN 5% ILMN. AVERAGE TIO2 CONTENT IN ILMENITE 45-47% TIO2. MOST OF THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS BANDS OF PEBBLES AND GRAVEL. AVERAGE THICKNESS 5.2 M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name West Tennesseebenton, Carroll, And Henderson

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Park

Comments on the production information

  • NONE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS IS COMPOSED ONLY OF THE RECENT DEPOSITS ON AND CLOSE TO THE PRESENT SHORELINE. THESE RESERVES HAVE AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 10% ILMENITE. THESE RESERVES ARE HELD IN THE OLDER PLEISTOCENE STRANDLINES OCCURRING FURTHERE INLAND. ILMENITE GRADE IS APPROX. 2-5%. DERIVED FROM TOTAL INFERRED RESERVES OF 17-31 MILLION TONNES MINUS THE R2E RESERVES OF 10 MILLION TONNES.

Comments on the workings information

  • Area: OVER 30 KM LONG

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS;). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO); ASSESSMENT(OUTLOOK NOT GOOD AS DEPOSIT IS IN A STATE PARK.);
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS; PROCESSING;). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(YES); ASSESSMENT(CURRENTLY NO PLANS TO DEVELOP THIS AS A TITANIUM DEPOSIT. HOWEVER THIS COULD CHANGE IF GRAMPIAN'S BARRYTOWN ILMENITE DEPOSIT AND TIO2 PIGMENT PLANT DEVELOPMENTS GO AHEAD AS PLANNED AND ARE SUCCESSFUL. ONLY THOSE DEPOSITS ON OR CLOSE TO THE PRESENT SHORELINE ARE SERIOUSLY VIEWED AS AN ILMENITE RESOURCE.); BECAUSE OF IMPURITIES AND THE LOW TIO2 CONTENT RAW ILMENITE CONCENTRATES FROM THESE DEPOSITS ARE UNSALEABLE. THE CONCENTRATE MUST UNDERGO SOME FORM OF BENEFICIATION PROCESS. THE ILMENITE IS HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO ACID LEACHING. GOLD COULD BE A VALUABLE BY PRODUCT (AV GRADE 0.06 G/T), ALSO ZIRCON (0.35%) AND MONAZITE (0.001%) MAPPING AND SAMPLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, R.E., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SEVENTEEN CREEK QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY.

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, R.E., 1967, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE HOLLADAY QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY.

  • Deposit

    HERSHEY, R.E., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE CHESTERFIELD QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY.

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.). NONE AS LITTLE AS 0
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
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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