Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlBabb Normal Fault Zone - Main Fault Strikes N 50 Deg E And Is Displaced 228 M. Dip Is 75 - 80 Deg Nw On The Delhi - Babb Property But Is Near Vertical In Many Places At Depth. Maximum Displacement Is 290 M.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone · Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis And Other L.S., Shales & S.S
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Dikes, Sills And Breccia Bodies
StructureNew Madrio Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament, Commodore Fault System
AlterationSilicified Wall Rock
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1899
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID10069399
MRDS IDW006913
Alternate namesGuill, Kentucky - Babb, Delhi - Babb, Eagle - Babb - Barnes, E. Champion and Gio Taylor Properties Hardin 1955.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.2834, -88.23336
References
HARDIN, G.C. JR., 1955, BABB FAULT SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, IN - FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY: USGS BULL. 1012B, P. 7-37SWANSON, A.S., AND STARNES, X.R., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF BABB VEIN SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KY.: U.S. BU MINES REP. INV. 4677MOODIE, F.B., III, AND MC GRAIN P., 1974, THE EAGLE - BABB - BARNES FLUORSPAR PROJECT, CRITTENDON COUNTY, KENTUCKY: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22 P. 96-107TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB 22, P. 58 - 761942 GEOLMAP G.C. HARDIN, JR., W.R. THURSTON, ETC1943 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES; LOCATED ORE1951 GEOLMAP WELLER, STUART, AND SUTTON, A.H.1962 GEOLMAP TRACE R.D.TRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY: USGS GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-206HARDIN, G.C., JR., 1955, USGS 1012B, P. 8.MOODIE, F.B. III AND MC GRAIN, P., 1974, EAGLE - BABB - BARNES FLUORSPAR PROJECT