| Deposit ID | 10267275 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W006913 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0210550020 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eagle-Babb |
| Related records | 10069399 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.24063, 37.27147 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 150 |
| 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 | Crittenden |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -88.24063, 37.27147 |
|---|
| Thickness | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 347M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 97M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 4HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1904 |
| Year of first production | 1943 |
| District name | Kentucky-Illinois |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| 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 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall depth | 94M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0210550020 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W006913 | MAS references MRDS |
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 USGS BULL 1012 B 1955 P 33
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.
DAVIS, H. W., AND G. N. GREENSPOON. FLOURSPAR AND CRYOLITE.
CH. FROM US BUMINES MINERALS YRBK., 1946, PP. 507-524.
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Brocoum, A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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