Moorehill Group

Occurrence in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodity Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10218525
MRDS ID W006910
MAS/MILS ID 0210550076
Record type Site
Current site name Moorehill Group
Related records 10069396

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.19973, 37.26677 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
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
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.19973, 37.26677

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POR IS CENTER OF A 6KM; NE-SW TRENDING GROUP OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    PROSPECTS OF FLUORITE AND ZINC LOCATED ON THE MOORE HILL

  • Deposit

    FAULT SYSTEM

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MR-60,FLUORITE IN THE UNITED STATES,1974

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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.