Dyers Hill Fluorspar Deposits

Past Producer in Livingston county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Germanium, Gallium
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069401
MRDS ID W006916
Record type Site
Current site name Dyers Hill Fluorspar Deposits
Related records 10242869

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.38337, 37.21674 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Relative position 5.6 KM N.E. OF SMITHLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Livingston(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smithland(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
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Cadmium Tertiary
Germanium Critical Tertiary
Gallium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limestone Gangue
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN NO.1 ORE CONTAINED 1 % GALENA AND UP TO 3 % SPHALERITE, SPHALERITE CONCENTRATE CONTAINED 1 % CO, .06-.09 % GE, GA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Mafic Dike
    Rock description Mafic Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Fredonia Formation Limestones
    Rock description Fredonia Formation Limestones

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.38337, 37.21674

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description New Madrio Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lockhart Bluff Graben

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending, Steeply Dipping Normal Faults. Main Fault Dips 75 Deg Nw, Average Displacement Of 72 M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1956

Mining district

District name Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar Dist.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pennwalt Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1440M
    Overall depth 210M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TIBBS, J.S., 1974, GEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF PENWALT CORPORATION'S DYERS HILL MINE, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 87 - 95

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AMOS, D.H., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE SMITHLAND QUADRANGLE, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-657.

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP AMOS, D.H

  • Production

    TIBBS, J.S., 1974, GEOL. OF DYERS HILL MINE, KENTUCKY

  • Reserve-Resource

    TIBBS, J.S., 1974, GEOL. OF DYERS HILL MINE, KY.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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