| Deposit ID | 10194386 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0211390050 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alley Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Alley-Jewel |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.23943, 37.28757 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 161 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Livingston(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Kentucky | Livingston |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -88.23943, 37.28757 |
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| Strike | N50E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 85W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 2.7M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 1280M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 137M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 5HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 140M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1970 |
| Mining method | Shrinkage Methods |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | USX Corp., Subsidiary Of Marathon Resources, Inc. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1994 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 220M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0211390050 |
HARDIN, G.C., JR. BABB FAULT SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVING-
STON COUNTIES, IN FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1012-B, 1955, PP. 7-37.
MOODIE, F.B., III, AND P. MCGRAIN. THE EAGLE-BABB-BARNES
FLUORSPAR PROJECT, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY. PROC. OF
THE NINTH FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS,
KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND ILLINOIS GEOLOGIC SURVEY,
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, APRIL 26-28, 1973, (PUB. AS A SYM-
POSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR, ED. BY D.W.
HUTCHESON), PP. 96-107.
PINCKNEY, D.M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY
MINING DISTRICT. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER
970, 1976, 15 PP.
SWANSON, A.S., AND X.R. STARNES. INVESTIGATION OF FLUORITE
DEPOSITS OF THE BABB VEIN SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND
LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KENTUCKY. BUMINES RI 4677,
1950, 30 PP.
TRACE, R.D. GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, MAP GQ-206, 1962.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 02-MAR-1995 | Dgh-Tjm | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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