Chinn Mine

Past Producer in Mercer county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080806
MRDS ID W032176
Record type Site
Current site name Chinn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.74992, 37.83339 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mercer(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Harrodsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winchester(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 Mercer

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MILES DOWN THE KENTUCKY RIVER FROM THE MOUTH OF SHAWNEE RUN

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • CALCITE AND FLUORITE MAKE UP BULK OF VEIN MATERIAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.74992, 37.83339

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN CONSISTS OF A BANDED DEPOSIT OCCUPYING A SHIFT FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Steinberger, D. A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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