Commodities
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsFluorite, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Discovery year1904
Identification
Deposit ID10267275
MRDS IDW006913
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.27147, -88.24063
References
HARDIN G C JR USGS BULL 1012 B 1955 P 33SWANSON, A.S., AND X.B. STARNES. INVESTIGATION OF FLOURITEDEPOSITS OF BABB VEIN SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTONCOUNTIES, KENTUCKY. US BUMINES RI 4677, 1950, 30 PP.DAVIS, H. W., AND G. N. GREENSPOON. FLOURSPAR AND CRYOLITE.CH. FROM US BUMINES MINERALS YRBK., 1946, PP. 507-524.ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BABB VEIN SYSTEM CRITTENDEN ANDLIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KY. BUMINES WAR MINERALS REPORT 317, 1945, 33 PP.PHONE CONVERSATION WITH P. MCGRAIN, ASSIST. STATE GEOLOGIST,KENTUCKY GEOLOGIC SURVEY, APRIL 9, 1981.