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Oak Grove

Prospect in Henry county in Tennessee, United States with commodities REE, Titanium, Zirconium
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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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129627
MRDS ID ISM0583
MAS/MILS ID 0470790002
Record type Site
Current site name Oak Grove
Related records 10024831

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.13613, 36.37929 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Kyanite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Staurolite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.13613, 36.37929
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 01W
    Thickness 12M
    Length 20700M
    Width 8400M
    Area 1215HA
    Depth to top 12M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N45E:01W
    Minimum Depth to Top 12
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 12
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 12
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1215
    Date of Last Modification 820825

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Dredging
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name West Tennessee

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ethyl Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • PERCENT RECOVERIES GIVEN ARE ROUNDED; PRECISE RECOVERIES ARE: ILMENITE, 88.98%; RUTILE, 88.79%; ZIRCON, 80.41%; AND MONAZITE, 33.91%. PRECISE RECOVERIES REQUIRED TO OBTAIN PRECISE PRODUCT OUTPUT TONNAGES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1215HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Swell Factor .88
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 12
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Secondary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 12
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 37
    Capacity 20900
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 313
    Unit Production Cost .75
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS APPROX. 260 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DENVER EQUIPMENT COMPANY. TITANIUM RECOVERY-GRAVITY

  • Deposit

    FLOTATION-MAGNETIC AND ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION.

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    BULL. NO. M7-F43.

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    LANPHERE, C.R. GEOLOGIC SOURCE AND CHEMICAL QUALITY OF

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    PUBLIC GROUND-WATER SUPPLIES IN WESTERN TENNESSEE.

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    TENN. DEPT. CONSERV., DIV. GEOL., 1955, PP. 8-12.

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    MILLER, R.A. AND S.W. MAHER. GEOLOGIC EVALUATION OF

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    SANITARY LANDFILL SITES IN TENNESSEE. TENN. DEPT.

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    CONSERV., DIV. GEOL. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOL. SERIES NO. 1,

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    1972, PP. 21-36.

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    RUSSELL, E.E. AND W.S. PARKS. STRATIGRAPHY OF THE

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    OUTCROPPING UPPER CRETACEOUS, PALEOCENE, AND LOWER

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    EOCENE IN WESTERN TENNESSEE (INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF

  • Deposit

    YOUNGER FLUVIAL DEPOSITS). TENN. DEPT. CONSERV., DIV.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. BULL. 75, 1975, PP. A1-A55.

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    STEARNS, R.G. FIELD TRIPS IN WEST TENNESSEE. TENN. DEPT.

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    CONSERV., DIV. GEOL. RI 36, 1975, PP. 1-37.

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    TA, L.M. STARTUP OF MANCHESTER MINE AND MILL BOOSTS U.S.

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    PRODUCTION OF PRIMARY ILMENITE. ENG. AND MIN. J.,

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    V. 174, NO. 12, DEC. 1973, PP. 71-75.

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    WILCOX, J.T. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS OF HEAVY MINERALS

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    IN THE MCNAIRY SAND OF WEST TENNESSEE. TENN. DEPT.

  • Deposit

    CONSERV., DIV. GEOL. RI 31, 1971, 11 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ISMI ID NUMBER ENTERED IN MILS AS TI090. SECOND ID NUMBER IS ZR058.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-APR-1995 Djg-Efc U.S. Bureau of Mines

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