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Silica Mine

Producer in Benton county in Tennessee, United States with commodities REE, Silica, 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. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154594
MAS/MILS ID 0470050001
Record type Site
Current site name Silica Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.17673, 36.04039 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary
Silica Primary
Titanium Critical Secondary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.17673, 36.04039
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.7M
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820830
  • Area 494HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 494
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • LEUCOXENE IS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT MINERAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Western Tennessee

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Energy And Minerals Inc, 1201 N. High St, Millville, Nj
    ID 4000793
    Interest 100
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Description Silica Sand Product 292000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 292000mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Silica Sand Product 290000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 290000mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Silica Sand Product 365000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 365000mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Silica Sand Product 427000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 427000mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Silica Sand Product 539000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 539000mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Silica Sand Product 582000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 582000mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Silica Sand Product 502000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 502000mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Silica Sand Product 264000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 264000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Silica Sand Product 27000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 27000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Silica Sand Product 23587 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 23587mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Silica Sand Product 22911 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 22911mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Silica Sand Product 17599 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 17599mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Silica Sand Product 61894 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 61894mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Silica Sand Product 41552 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 41552mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Silica Sand Product 41030 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silica Silica 41030mt

Comments on the production information

  • EXACT MILL RECOVERY FOR SIO2 = 91.7%.
  • DEPOSIT COVERS 405 HECTARES. SILICA SAND PRODUCTION FROM 1981-1986 IS FROM BU MINES PRODUCTION STATISTICS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M9C5=M2C1. THIS RESERVE REPRESENTS TAILINGS FROM PRESENT OPERATION. TIO2 GRADE IN LINE 02 ASSOCIATED WITH ILMENITE. TIO2 GRADE IN LINE 03 ASSOCIATED WITH LEUCOXENE. TIO2 GRADE IN LINE 04 ASSOCIATED WITH RUTILE. M3C1=M1C1-200,000 MATRIX 3, COL 1 = MATRIX 1, COL 1 - 200,000 MTS THE 1987 RESERVE (MATRIX 1) IS CALCULATED BY SUBTRACTING 1981-1986 MINE PRODUCTION. THE 1987 ORE GRADES ARE ASSUMED TO BE THE SAME AS 1981 ORE GRADES M4C1=M2C1+20,000 MATRIX 4, COL 1 = MATRIX 2, COL 1 + 20,000 MTS MATRIX 4 REPRESENTS MILL TAILINGS AND ARE JAN 1981 MILL TAILINGS INCREASED BY MILL TAILINGS FROM MILL 1981-1986 GRADES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SAME AS IN 1981. MILL RECOV- ERIES, ORE GRADES, AND CONCENTRATE GRADES ARE ASSUMED TO BE CONSTANT SINCE 1981
  • FORMERLY: CAMDEN (SILICA MINE PLANT #3). A PRODUCING SILICA SAND MINE;PROPOSED TO PRODUCE HEAVY MINERALS. ALSO HAS HM TAILS DUMP OF 1,211,300 MT @ 0.07% REO FOR A FIGURE OF 848 MT CONTAINED REO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 405HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 2
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 4000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 1.19
    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 494 HECTARES.

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE SALE PRICE OF SILICA MINE WHEN SOLD BY THE HARDY BROS. TO JESSIE S. MORIE & SONS INC. IS NOT KNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PING CRETACEOUS, PALEOCENE, AND LOWER EOCENE IN WESTERN TEN-

  • Deposit

    NESSEE (INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF YOUNGER FLUVIAL DEPOSITS).

  • Deposit

    TENN. DEPT. CONSERV., DIV. GEOL. BULL. 75, 1975, PP. 41-44.

  • Deposit

    WILCOX, J.T. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS OF HEAVY MINERALS

  • Deposit

    IN MCNAIRY SAND OF WEST TENNESSEE. TENN. DEPT. CONSERV.,

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977. PROPERTY UPDATED FEB 1988. DEPOSIT COVERS 405 HECTARES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAR-95 Dgh, Pmt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/18/2026
MSHA mine ID4000793
Mine name (MSHA)Camden Plant
Current operatorCovia Solutions LLC
Current controller (parent)Covia Holdings LLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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