Kirk

Prospect in Livingston county in Kentucky, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121828
MAS/MILS ID 0211390012
Record type Site
Current site name Kirk

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.20223, 37.26117 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 Livingston

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.20223, 37.26117

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 80S
    Length 533M
    Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40E:80S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 820428

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moore Hill

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bice Kirk
    Interest 100
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS REPORT KIRK FARM NOV 1943

  • Deposit

    THURSTON WM R AND HARDIN G C J R USGS BULL 1012 E 1954 P 104

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL ENTRY LISTS PROPERTY AS A RAW PROSPECT ON RECORD 01 THE EXPLORATION RECORD INDICATES A TEST PIT WAS EXCAVATED AN WAR MIN REPORT MENTIONS SIGHTING FLUORITE NEAR A SHALLOW SHA THE USGS BULL 1012 E REGARDS THE PROPERTY AS UNPRPSPECTED RECORD 040 ORIGINAL ENTRY RECORDED THE DISTANCE TO LAST POIN COMMON CARRIER AS 21 MILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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