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Moore Hill Group Fluorspar Mines

Producer in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069396
MRDS ID W006910
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Hill Group Fluorspar Mines
Alternate or previous names Nancy Hanks, Eagle-Watson, Watson, And Davenport Properties
Related records 10218525

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.20003, 37.26674 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Relative position 9 TO 17 KM. SOUTHWEST OF MARION (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crittenden(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
United States Kentucky Livingston

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CORE SAMPLES: WATSON PROPERTY - 23.6 % CAF2, 7.88 % SI02, 65.04 % CAC03, EAGLE - WATSON PROPERTY - 58.94 % CAF2, 12.30 % SI02, 29.1 % CACO3
Result DAVENPORT PROPERTY 6.36 % CAF2,1.30 % ZN. U.S.BUREAU OF MINES 1943 AND 1944

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock unit name Lamprophyre Dikes
    Rock description Lamprophyre Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis And Other L.S., Shale, S.S. Formations
    Rock description Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis And Other L.S., Shale, S.S. Formations

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.20003, 37.26674
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description New Madrid Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament
Type of structure Local
Structure description Moore Hill Graben, Dike-Eaton Fault Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 80 - 85 DEG SE
    Length 75M
    Width 1.8M
    Depth to top 60M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Moore Hill Fault System - Strike N 40 - 50 Deg E, Dip Averages 80 - 85 Deg Se, Downthrown Side Se, Displacement Up To 167 M. But Only 60 M. In Most Of The Veins Occupied By Ore Bodies.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nancy Hanks Mines, Inc. - Heirs Of H. E. Croft (Nancy Hanks Property)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Davenport Mines Inc. (Davenport Property)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eagle Fluorspar Co. (Eagle - Watson Properties)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Critten Industries, Inc. (Watson Property)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1020M
    Overall depth 94M

Comments on the workings information

  • A TYPICAL ORE DEPOSIT IS 75 M. LONG, 60 M. HIGH AND 1.2 TO 1.8 M. WIDE. NANCY HANKS WORKINGS HAVE A STRIKE LENGTH OF 360 M. WITH LEVELS DOWN TO 94 M. THE DAVENPORT WORKINGS HAVE A STRIKE LENGTH OF 380 M. WITH LEVELS DOWN TO 94 M. THE EAGLE WATSON WORKINGS EXTEND FOR OVER 280 M. WITH LEVELS DOWN TO 91 M. FAULT 10 IS UNUSUAL IN THAT IT DIPS 55 DEG NW.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STARNES, X.B., AND HICKMAN, R.C., 1946, EXPLORATION FOR FLUORITE, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KENTUCKY, PART 1: U.S. BU MINES REP. INV. 3943 P. 2-40

  • Deposit

    THURSTON, W.R., AND HARDIN, G.C., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KY. PART 3, MOORE HILL FAULT SYSTEM CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES: USGS BULL. 1012E, P. 81 - 113

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 58 - 76

  • Deposit

    1920 GEOLMAP WELLER AND SUTTON

  • Deposit

    1943 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE KENTUCKY: USGS GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-206.

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOLMAP HARDIN G.C. ET AL

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D.

  • Production

    THURSTON, W.R., AND HARDIN, G.C., 1954, USGS BULL. 1012E, P. 81-113.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: AROUND 1900 (NANCY HANKS); 1922 (DAVENPORT); 1917 (EAGLE - WATSON)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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