Dyers Hill Mine

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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242869
MRDS ID W006916
MAS/MILS ID 0211390013
Record type Site
Current site name Dyers Hill Mine
Related records 10069401

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.38974, 37.21567 (WGS84)
Elevation 153
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

Smithland(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
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.38974, 37.21567

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 70N
    Thickness 3M
    Length 915M
    Width 121M
    Area 5HA
    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 :70N
    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
Year of first production 1955

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 Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co
    Interest 100
    Year 1972
  • Type Operator
    Owner Calvert City Chemical Co -Subsidiary Of Pennsalt
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1972

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 107M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Swell Factor .55
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZAVERL LOUIS J BU MINES HEALTH AND SAFETY REPT JUNE 1962

  • Deposit

    ID NO 70004 15 070 14730

  • Deposit

    HEROD BUREN C FLUORSPAR DEMANDS OF PENNSALT PLANT MET BY NEW

  • Deposit

    MINE EXPANDED MILL PITT AND QUARRY

  • Deposit

    DOES NOT APPEAR ON 80 OR 81 MSHA LISTS; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81; REPT. NO. 1500116

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