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Davenport

Past Producer in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc
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  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 10218414
MAS/MILS ID 0210550011
Record type Site
Current site name Davenport

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.19223, 37.27367 (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
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.19223, 37.27367
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 85S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 548M
    Width 94M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    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:85S
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    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 Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1925

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 Davenport Mines Inc.
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THURSTON, W. R., AND HARDIN, G.C. JR., USGS BULL.-1012-E, 19

  • Deposit

    STARNES, XAVIER B., BUMINES RI 3943, PART I, 1946, P. 16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL ENTRY RECORDED THE DISTANCE TO LAST POI COMMON CARRIER AS 23 KILOMETERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Brocoum, A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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