Western Kentucky District

Past Producer in Caldwell county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead
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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000908
MRDS ID K003384
Record type District
Current site name Western Kentucky District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.10003, 37.20007 (WGS84)
Relative position Found counties it was associated with and approximated its location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crittenden(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredonia(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 Caldwell
United States Kentucky Crittenden
United States Kentucky Livingston

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.10003, 37.20007

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Year of first production 1914

Mining district

District name WESTERN KENTUCKY DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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