Howard Shaft

Past Producer in Crittenden 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121848
MAS/MILS ID 0210550021
Record type Site
Current site name Howard Shaft
Alternate or previous names Howard Barnes Prop.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.21833, 37.29067 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
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 Crittenden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.21833, 37.29067

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 284M
    Width 65M
    Area 3HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N50E:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 820428

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Kentucky-Illinois

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Heirs Of T P Barnes
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1972
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ray Howard And Associates-Lessee
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1972
  • Type Operator
    Owner Inland Steel Corp -1945
    Year 1972
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bank Of Salem
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    2nd Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    3rd Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 45
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARDIN GEO C JR USGS BULL 1012 B 1955 P 34

  • Deposit

    SWANSON A S AND STARNES X R BU MINES RI 4677 1950 P 11

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS REPT 317 1944 P 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 040 ON ORIGINAL ENTRY THE FOLLOWING DATA WERE RECORDED DISTANCE TO LAST POINT OF COMMON CARRIER 6 KILOMETERS DISTAN TO ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY 0 KILOMETERS DISTANCE TO POWER SUPP 6 KILOMETERS

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.