Keystone Mine and Mill

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10194302
MRDS ID W006909
MAS/MILS ID 0210550078
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Mine and Mill
Related records 10105532

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.17033, 37.32037 (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 Ohio-Bay(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Crittenden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.17033, 37.32037

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Minerva Oil Co.
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SALEM QUADRANGLE PRINTED LOCATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH DAVID E. MORSE, FLUORINE SPECIALIST WITH USBM, ON 7-6-81 HE STATED THAT THE MINE WAS CLOSED BECAUSE IT WAS VERY WET AND UNECONOMICAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-SEP-1988 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.