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Tabb Group Fluorspar Mines

Producer in Caldwell county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069395
MRDS ID W006907
Record type Site
Current site name Tabb Group Fluorspar Mines
Alternate or previous names Senator - Schwenck Area East Tabb, West Tabb
Related records 10242602

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.00002, 37.1834 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Relative position WEST TABB GROUP RUNS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF MEXICO, KY. THE EAST TABB GROUP IS 8 KM. NW OF PRINCETON, KY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caldwell(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tradewater(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Caldwell
United States Kentucky Crittenden

Comments on the location information

  • WEST TABB MINES INCLUDE THE PIGMY, LAFAYETTE, TABB NO. 1, MARY HELEN, EVA TANGUAY AND KEYSTONE. EAST TABB GROUP INCLUDES THE SENATOR, MEADOWS, CROWDER (PERKINS), UREY WILLIAMSON, GILBERT WILLIAMSON, WALKER AND SCHWENCK MINES.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = PADUCAH 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Mafic Dikes, Sills And Breccias
    Rock description Mafic Dikes, Sills And Breccias
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chesterian And Valmeyeran L.S., Shale, S.S
    Rock description Chesterian And Valmeyeran L.S., Shale, S.S

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.00002, 37.1834
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description New Madrid Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 30M
    Length 60M
    Width 3.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tabb Fault System - An Arcuate Set Of Normal Faults Which Strike N 60 Deg W In The East But Curve To An East - West Strike In The Vicinity Of Mexico, Ky. Displacement In The Senator - Schwenck (East Tabb) Area Is 64 To 137 M. Along The Main Fault. Numerous Cross Faults Are Also Mineralized.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pigmy Mine - Mafluor Corp.; Tabb No. 1 - Minerva Oil Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SENATOR AND MEADOWS MINES HAVE LEVELS DOWN TO 100 M. FLUORSPAR BODIES IN THE AREA ARE GENERALLY 1 - 1.5 M. WIDE, LOCALLY 3 - 3.5 M. WIDE. FEW EXCEED 60 M. IN LENGTH AND 30 M. IN HEIGHT (KLEPSER 1954)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEPSER, H.J., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, PART 3, SENATOR-SCHWENCK AREA, TABB FAULT SYSTEM, CALDWELL COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1012F, P. 115-127.

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22 P. 58-76

  • Deposit

    WELLER, S. AND SUTTON, A.H., 1951, GEOLOGIC MAP OF WESTERN KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2.

  • Deposit

    1921 GEOLMAP WELLER, S.

  • Deposit

    1928 GEOLMAP SUTTON, A.H.

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP ROGERS, W. B., HAYS, W. H.

  • Production

    KLEPSER, H.J., 1954, USGS BULL. 1012F, P. 115-127.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: 1903 (SENATOR MINE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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