1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Hoggin Veins

Past Producer in Harrison county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080802
MRDS ID W032171
Record type Site
Current site name Hoggin Veins

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.28324, 38.18339 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH OF LAIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bourbon(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paris West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lexington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Louisville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Licking(hydrologic unit)

Licking(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kentucky-Licking(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Harrison

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE BARITE CONTENT IS LOW, THE GALENA WILL RUN ABOUT 5%: THE SPHALERITE IN THE UPPER PART OF THE VEINS HAS LARGELY REMOVED BY LEACHING.

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.28324, 38.18339
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault: Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mutual Mining Co.
    First year 1913

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT 50 FEET DEEP WAS SUNK 15 FEET WEST OF THE VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON, L. C., 1931, THE VEIN DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SER. 6, VOL. 41, PP. 1-127.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEINS CONSIST LARGELY OF BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH GALENA-BARITE, THE LIMESTONE BEING PARTLY REPLACED BY SPHALERITE AND DARKER COLORED BARITES. THE WALLROCK SHOWS SEAMING WITH BARITES AND REPLACEMENT BY SPHALERITE AND GALENA.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site