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Dike - Eaton Group Fluorspar Mines

Producer in Crittenden 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069398
MRDS ID W006914
Record type Site
Current site name Dike - Eaton Group Fluorspar Mines
Alternate or previous names La Rue Brothers, Conyer, M.J. Franklin Areas, Henly & Eli Brown, And Gilless Properties
Related records 10218470

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.17503, 37.30007 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Relative position 8 KM. WEST OF MARION (TOWN).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crittenden(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Crittenden

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CONYER 30 M. LEVEL - 60 % CAF2 OR BETTER, 7% ZN FOR AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 1.2 M. GILLESS 21 M. LEVEL IS 80 % CAF2 FOR A 60 CM WIDTH AND 64 % CAF2 FOR A 70 CM WIDTH. DIKE-EATON AREA AVERAGES 2-3 % ZN (UP TO 8 % LOCALLY) AND NEARLY 1 % PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock unit name Lamprophyre Dikes
    Rock description Lamprophyre Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.17503, 37.30007
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description New Madrid Fault System, 38th Parallel Lineament
Type of structure Local
Structure description Moore Hill And Levias Faults Bound The Dike-Eaton Faults At Either End

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 80 DEG SW - VERT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike And Eaton Faults - Strike N 20 Deg E The Dike Fault Dips 80 - 85 Deg Sw And Has A Lamprophyre Dike On Either Side Or In It. Displacement Is A Maximum Of 6 M. Vertically, Downthrown To The Southwest. The Eaton Fault Has No Measurable Displacement And Is 140 - 230 M. West Of The Dike Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner La Rue Brothers - La Rue Property
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gilless, P. J. - Gilless Property
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bickart, M. L. - Conyer Property
  • Type Operator
    Owner Jennings, Ray - Conyer Property
  • Type Operator
    Owner Gilless, O. L., C. W. And J. E - Gilless Property

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATE BREAKS DOWN AS FOLLOWS: EATON VEIN: M.J. FRANKLIN - 1800, CONYER - 2700, LA RUE BROS. 4000; TOTAL 8,500. DIKE VEIN: M.J. FRANKLIN - 3300, GILLESS - 4,000, CONYER - 5200, HENLY - 90, W.H. LA RUE - 1700; TOTAL 14,300 MET. TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • DIKE - EATON VEINS AVERAGE 60 - 100 CM. WIDE AND 30 - 45 M. LONG. THE DEEPEST MINE SHAFT IS 45 M. (STARNES, 1950)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STARNES, X.B., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF THE FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE DIKE AND EATON VEINS, CRITTENDEN CO., KY.: U.S. BU MINES R.I. 4646

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE LEVIAS - KEYSTONE AND DIKE - EATON AREAS, CRITTENDON COUNTY, KY.: USGS BULL. 1122E, 26 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1922 GEOLMAP WELLER AND SUTTON

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D. AND OTHERS

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY: USGS GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-206

  • Deposit

    1944 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP TRACE R.D.

  • Production

    STARNES X.R., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF DIKE - EATON VEINS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900 (CONYER PROP., EATON VEIN), 1933 (LARUE PROP., DIKE VEIN).

Reporter information

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

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