Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlMoore Hill Fault System - Strike N 40 - 50 Deg E, Dip Averages 80 - 85 Deg Se, Downthrown Side Se, Displacement Up To 167 M. But Only 60 M. In Most Of The Veins Occupied By Ore Bodies.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone · Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis And Other L.S., Shale, S.S. Formations
Associated rockLamprophyre · Lamprophyre Dikes
StructureNew Madrid Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament, Moore Hill Graben, Dike-Eaton Fault Zone.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1900
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10069396
MRDS IDW006910
Alternate namesNancy Hanks, Eagle-WatsonWatson, And Davenport Properties
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.26674, -88.20003
References
STARNES, X.B., AND HICKMAN, R.C., 1946, EXPLORATION FOR FLUORITE, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KENTUCKY, PART 1: U.S. BU MINES REP. INV. 3943 P. 2-40THURSTON, W.R., AND HARDIN, G.C., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KY. PART 3, MOORE HILL FAULT SYSTEM CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES: USGS BULL. 1012E, P. 81 - 113TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 58 - 761920 GEOLMAP WELLER AND SUTTON1943 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINESTRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE KENTUCKY: USGS GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-206.1944 GEOLMAP HARDIN G.C. ET AL1962 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D.THURSTON, W.R., AND HARDIN, G.C., 1954, USGS BULL. 1012E, P. 81-113.