Eagle-Watson

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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10218309
MAS/MILS ID 0210550013
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle-Watson

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.18783, 37.27337 (WGS84)
Elevation 138
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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.18783, 37.27337

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 609M
    Width 94M
    Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40E:80S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    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 1918

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 Eagle Fluor Spar Co.
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THURSTON WM R AND HARDIN G C JR USGS BULL 1012 E 1954 P 107

  • Deposit

    STARNES XAVIER B BU MINES RI 3943 PART I 1946 P 12

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10-81; LIST OWNER AS KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR;

  • Deposit

    REPT. NO. 1503188

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 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.