Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Calcite, Fluorite, Galena, Quartz, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1972
Identification
Deposit ID10169529
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.30067, -88.22503
References
HARDIN, G.C., JR. BABB FAULT SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVING-STON COUNTIES, IN FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1012-B, 1955, PP. 7-37.MOODIE, F. B., III, AND P. MCGRAIN. THE EAGLE-BABB-BARNESFLUORSPAR PROJECT, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY. PROC. OFTHE NINTH FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, KEN-TUCKY GEOLOGIC SURVEY AND ILLINOIS GEOLOGIC SURVEY, PADU-CAH, KENTUCKY, APRIL 26-28, 1973 (PUB. AS A SYMPOSIUM ONTHE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR, ED. BY D. W. HUTCHESON), PP. 96-107.PICKNEY, D.M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MININGDISTRICT. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 970, 1976,15 PP.SWANSON, A.S., AND X.R. STARNES. INVESTIGATION OF FLUORITEDEPOSITS OF BABB VEIN SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTONCOUNTIES, KY. BUMINES RI 4677, 1950, 30 PP.TRACE, R.D. GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY.U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, MAP GQ-206, 1962.