| Deposit ID | 10242328 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0211390002 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Babb-Guill Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.24563, 37.28367 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 137 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(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 | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Marcasite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -88.24563, 37.28367 |
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| Thickness | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 305M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 183M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 4HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1924 |
| District name | Babb Fault Sys. |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Calvert City Chemical Co. |
| Home office | Kentucky |
| Year | 1972 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall depth | 152M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0211390002 |
ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BABB VEIN SYSTEM CRITTENDEN AND
LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KY. BUMINES WAR MINERALS REPORT 317, 1945, 33 PP.
PHONE CONVERSATION WITH P. MCGRAIN, ASSIST. STATE GEOLOGIST,
KENTUCKY GEOLOGIC SURVEY, APRIL 9, 1981.
HARDIN, G.C.,JR., BABB FAULT SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGST
COUNTIES, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1012 -B, 1955, PP 28-30.
WAR MINERALS REPORT 91.1920, THE GUILL FLUORSPAR PROPERTY, L
STON CO., KENTUCKY, JANUARY, 1944
HOLLENBECK,R.P., HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION, BABB-GUILL MI
CALVERT CITY CHEMICAL CO SALEM LIVINGSTON CO KENTUCKY U S
BUREAU OF MINES HEALTH AND SAFETY ACTIVITY APRIL 21 1971
SWANSON, A.S., AND X.B. STARNES. INVESTIGATION OF FLOURITE
DEPOSITS OF BABB VEIN SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON
COUNTIES, KENTUCKY. US BUMINES RI 4677, 1950, 30 PP.
DOES NOT APPEAR ON 80 OR 81 MSHA LIST; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER
RCF LIST 10/81; REPT. NO. 1503181
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD 1201 MINE HAS AN EXPECTED LIFE OF 5 YEARS AS OF 1972 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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