Bonanza

Past Producer in Livingston 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 10242748
MAS/MILS ID 0211390004
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.32534, 37.31117 (WGS84)
Elevation 120
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Livingston(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lola(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ohio-Bay(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Livingston

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.32534, 37.31117

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.5M
    Length 427M
    Width 61M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45E:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    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 1902
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Kentucky-Illinois

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. J. Cultom
    Home office Indiana
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    PHONE CONVERSATION WITH P. MCGRAIN. ASSIST. STATE GEOLOGIST,

  • Reserve-Resource

    KENTUCKY GEOLOGIC SURVEY, APRIL 9, 1981.

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D. AND LAUKE, B. D., PRELIMINARY REPT. ON THE BONAN

  • Deposit

    FLUORSPAR PROPERTY, FLUORSPAR INVESTIGATIONS, U.S.G.S., JUNE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.

External references