Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlClaylick, Woods And Associated Faults. Claylick And Woods Faults Are Roughly Parallel, Normal Faults About 30 - 300 M. Apart. Strike Is N 40 Deg E, Dip Ranges From 70 Deg. Toward Each Other To Vertical. Displacement Is Generally 100 - 120 M. And Up To 210 M., Mostly In A Vertical Sense.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone · Chesterian And Valmeyeran L.S., Shale, S.S
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Mafic Dikes, Sills And Breccias
StructureNew Madrio Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament, Moore Hill And Tabb Fault Systems, Moore Hill Graben
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1870
Identification
Deposit ID10107278
MRDS IDW006911
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.21674, -88.2167
References
MUIR, N.M., 1947, FLUORITE IN THE MINERAL RIDGE - CLAYLICK FAULT SYSTEM, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY: U.S. BU MINES REP. INV. 4049, 29 P.TRACE, R.D., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, PART 2, MINERAL RIDGE AREA, LIVINGSTON AND CRITTENDEN COUNTIES: USGS BULL. 1012D P. 58 - 79TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 58 - 761945 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES1947 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D.TRACE, A.D., 1954, KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. PUB. 22, P. 58-76.