Wm. Davis Vein

Past Producer in Scott county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Iron, Sulfur, Strontium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106250
MRDS ID W032170
Record type Site
Current site name Wm. Davis Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.58325, 38.26673 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUVAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Scott(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delaplain(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 Scott

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Strontianite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.58325, 38.26673

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mutual Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT IS 100 FT DEEP WITH 100 FEET OF DRIFT: AN OPENCUT WAS MADE 80 FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 VEIN SHOWS EVIDENCE OF DISSOLUTION OF THE ORE AND REDEPOSITION IN STALAGMITIC FORM.

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.