Wright Mine

Past Producer in Livingston county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266822
MAS/MILS ID 0211390041
Record type Site
Current site name Wright Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.28034, 37.31147 (WGS84)
Elevation 120
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

Lola(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
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Rocks of Chesterian age, lower part

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    KENTUCKY GEOLOGIC SURVEY, APRIL 9, 1981.

  • Deposit

    REF:W.M.R.,FLUORSPAR-WRIGHT MINE, LIVINGSTON CO.,KY.,1950.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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