Kentucky, Illinois · Livingston, Pope, Hardin, Crittenden County
Past Producer
Illinois - Kentucky Fluorite District
Livingston, Pope, Hardin, Crittenden County, Kentucky, Illinois, United States
Lead Zinc Fluorine-Fluorite Silver Cadmium
Land & claims · BLM · live
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
SecondarySilver, Cadmium
Commodity typeB
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorspar, Sphalerite, Galena
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Barite, Pyrite, Marcasite, Strontianite, Smithsonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Sandstone,Mixed Clastic/Carbonate Rock · "St. Louis Formation", "Ste. Genevieve Formation", "Renault Formation", "Bethel Formation", "Point Creek Formation", "Cypress Formation", "Golconda Formation"
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock
StructureNormal faults associated with horst and grabens; radial faults around Hicks Dome
Tectonic settingCratonic Depositional Basin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
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References
Pinckney, D.M., 1976, Mineral resources of the Illinois-Kentucky mining district: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 970, 15 p.GROGAN, R.M. AND BRADBURY J.C., 1968, FLUORITE-ZINC-LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT; IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME) V. 1: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 370-399.Heyl, A.V., 1983, Geologic characteristec of three major Mississippi Valley Districts: in International Conference on Mississippi Valley type lead-zinc deposits; Kisvarsanyi, G., Grant, S.K., Pratt, W.P., and Koenig, J.W., (eds.) , University of Missouri, Rolla, p. 27-60.Goldstein, A., 1997, The Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district: The Mineralogical Record, v. 28, p. 3 - 50.
Identification
Deposit ID10307221
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.41673, -88.35004
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.