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Clark Mine

Past Producer in Franklin county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Strontium
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080795
MRDS ID W032161
Record type Site
Current site name Clark Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.74992, 38.28338 (WGS84)
Elevation 241
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 3/4 MILE NORTH OF KISSINGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stamping Ground(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lexington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Louisville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower(hydrologic unit)

Kentucky(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kentucky-Licking(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Greendale-Lexington Limestone
    Rock description Greendale-Lexington Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.74992, 38.28338
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR: PINCH AND SWELL
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mutual Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ira Hudson, Cleveland Tackett, Emma Bailey, And Ben Hockensmith

Comments on the workings information

  • AN OPEN CUT, NOW TREE- AND SHRUB-FILLED, ON THE PROPERTY OF EMMA BAILEY IS FROM FOUR TO SIX FEET WIDE AND 320 FEET LONG. THE SHAFT ON IRA HUDSON'S PROPERTY IS ABOUT 8 FEET WIDE, 77 FEET LONG, AND 158 FEET DEEP. A 36 FEET DEEP SHAFT WAS SUNK ON THE PROPERTY OF CLEVELAND TACKETT, AND A 100 FEET LONG OPEN CUT IS FOUND ON BEN HOCKENSMITH'S LAND.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED BY MEANS OF TWO OPEN CUTS AND TWO SHAFTS. THE MINE IS NOW ABANDONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JILLSON, WILLARD R., 1941, LEAD MINES OF THE LOWER KENTUCKY RIVER VALLEY: LOUISVILLE, JOHN P. MORTON AND CO., 47 P.

  • Deposit

    FOHS, F. J., 1913, BARYTES DEPOSITS OF KENTUCKY: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SER. 4, VOL. 1, PT. 1, PP. 441-588.

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON, L. C., THE VEIN DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SER. 6, VOL. 41, PP. 1-127.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT PINCHES AND SWELLS ALONG THE STRIKE AND DIP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Steinberger, D. A. U.S. Geological Survey

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