Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlTabb Fault System - An Arcuate Set Of Normal Faults Which Strike N 60 Deg W In The East But Curve To An East - West Strike In The Vicinity Of Mexico, Ky. Displacement In The Senator - Schwenck (East Tabb) Area Is 64 To 137 M. Along The Main Fault. Numerous Cross Faults Are Also Mineralized.
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Chesterian And Valmeyeran L.S., Shale, S.S
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Plutonic Rock · Mafic Dikes, Sills And Breccias
StructureNew Madrid Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1903
Identification
Deposit ID10069395
MRDS IDW006907
Alternate namesSenator - Schwenck Area East Tabb, West Tabb
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.1834, -88.00002
References
KLEPSER, H.J., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, PART 3, SENATOR-SCHWENCK AREA, TABB FAULT SYSTEM, CALDWELL COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1012F, P. 115-127.TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22 P. 58-76WELLER, S. AND SUTTON, A.H., 1951, GEOLOGIC MAP OF WESTERN KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2.1921 GEOLMAP WELLER, S.1928 GEOLMAP SUTTON, A.H.1967 GEOLMAP ROGERS, W. B., HAYS, W. H.KLEPSER, H.J., 1954, USGS BULL. 1012F, P. 115-127.