Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlDike And Eaton Faults - Strike N 20 Deg E The Dike Fault Dips 80 - 85 Deg Sw And Has A Lamprophyre Dike On Either Side Or In It. Displacement Is A Maximum Of 6 M. Vertically, Downthrown To The Southwest. The Eaton Fault Has No Measurable Displacement And Is 140 - 230 M. West Of The Dike Fault.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Lamprophyre
Associated rockLamprophyre · Lamprophyre Dikes
StructureNew Madrid Fault System, 38th Parallel Lineament, Moore Hill And Levias Faults Bound The Dike-Eaton Faults At Either End
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1900
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10069398
MRDS IDW006914
Alternate namesConyer, La Rue Brothers, M.J. Franklin Areas, Henly & Eli Brown, And Gilless Properties
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.30007, -88.17503
References
STARNES, X.B., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF THE FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE DIKE AND EATON VEINS, CRITTENDEN CO., KY.: U.S. BU MINES R.I. 4646TRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE LEVIAS - KEYSTONE AND DIKE - EATON AREAS, CRITTENDON COUNTY, KY.: USGS BULL. 1122E, 26 P.TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 58 - 761922 GEOLMAP WELLER AND SUTTON1942 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D. AND OTHERSTRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY: USGS GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-2061944 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES1962 GEOLMAP TRACE R.D.STARNES X.R., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF DIKE - EATON VEINS.