Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlLevias - Crittenden Springs Fault Zone - About 13 Km. Long, Strikes N 25 - 35 E From A Point About 2.8 Km Northeast Of Salem, Ky. Dip Is 70 - 90 Deg Nw. Downthrown Side Is On The Nw, Displacement Up To 180 M. On The Levias (Southern) Portion.
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone · St. Louis Limestone;Ste. Genevieve Limestone;Renault Formation;Bethel Sandstone
Associated rockLamprophyre · Lamprophyre Dike
StructureNew Madrid Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament., Dike - Eaton Faults, Griffith Bluff Graben.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1903
Identification
Deposit ID10105532
MRDS IDW006909
Alternate namesKeystone, Ada Florence, Franklin, Mary Belle and Columbia Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.3334, -88.1667
References
STARNES, X.B., 1947, J.D. PRICE FLUORITE DEPOSIT, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KY.: U.S. BU MINES REP. INV. 4087TRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE LEVIAS - KEYSTONE AND DIKE - EATON AREAS, CRITTENDEN CO., KY. USGS BULL. 1122ETRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 58 - 76TRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-206.1944 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES - NO ORE FOUND AT PRICE1945 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D., HARDIN, G.C., & KLEPSER, H.J.1962 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D.STARNES, X.B., 1947, USBURMINES REPT. INV. 4087.