Eagle-Babb

Past Producer in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc
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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10267275
MRDS ID W006913
MAS/MILS ID 0210550020
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle-Babb
Related records 10069399

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.24063, 37.27147 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
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

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
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.24063, 37.27147

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 347M
    Width 97M
    Area 4HA
    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 UNKNOWN
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N50E:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4
    Date of Last Modification 820428

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Kentucky-Illinois

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eagle Fluor Spar Co -
    Interest 100
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1972
    First year 1946
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alcoa Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 94M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    2nd Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    3rd Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 45
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BABB VEIN SYSTEM CRITTENDEN AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KY. BUMINES WAR MINERALS REPORT 317, 1945, 33 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    KENTUCKY GEOLOGIC SURVEY, APRIL 9, 1981.

  • Deposit

    HARDIN G C JR USGS BULL 1012 B 1955 P 33

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, A.S., AND X.B. STARNES. INVESTIGATION OF FLOURITE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF BABB VEIN SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, KENTUCKY. US BUMINES RI 4677, 1950, 30 PP.

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, H. W., AND G. N. GREENSPOON. FLOURSPAR AND CRYOLITE.

  • Deposit

    CH. FROM US BUMINES MINERALS YRBK., 1946, PP. 507-524.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL ENTRY AND SOME REPORTS LIST EAGLE FLUOR SPAR AS THE OF THE PROPERTY HOWEVER OTHER SOURCES THE MINERALS YEARBOOK USGS BULL 1012 B REVEAL THAT THIS COMPANY DISCONTINUED MININ 1946 AND SOLD ITS MINES AND MILLS TO ALUMINUM ORE CO NOW ALC RECORD 040 ON ORIGINAL ENTRY THE FOLLOWING DATA WERE RECORDE DISTANCE TO LAST POINT OF COMMON CARRIER 5 KILOMETERS DISTAN TO ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY 0 KILOMETERS DISTANCE TO POWER SUPP 5 KILOMETERS REC 010/ WAR MINERALS REP 317 INDICATES PRESENCE OF SPHALERI REC 011/EAGLE-BABB MINED WITH BABB-BARNES AS ONE OPERATION, MAS 01-055-0031

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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