Wallingford Prospect

Occurrence in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, 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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242867
MAS/MILS ID 0210550033
Record type Site
Current site name Wallingford Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.05063, 37.33817 (WGS84)
Elevation 198

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crittenden(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marion(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 Crittenden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.05063, 37.33817

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Mining district

District name Kentucky

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. D. Wallingford
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOHS, JULIUS. FLOURSPAR DEPOSITS OF KENTUCKY. KENTUCKY

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 9, 1907.

  • Deposit

    ULRICH AND SMITH. LEAD, ZINC AND FLOURSPAR DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    WESTERN KENTUCKY. USGS PROF. PAPER 36, 1905.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 800-809 ARE 1976 ENTRIES REC 020 MARION, KY REC 030 LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES ENE OF MARION (700 REC 040 COLS 14-16 WATER .3 KM WEST, ROAD AND ELECTRICITY .1 SOUTH REC 040 COL 65 EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION UNKNOWN REC 050 FROM 700 PP 224-5 REC 060-070 FROM 700 PG 277 AND GENERAL GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTI REC 070 WAD CONTAINS 3.11 % MANGANESE, .17% COBALT, .04% NIC .06% ZINC (700 PG 278)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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