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Smitha Vein

Past Producer in Fayette county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Barium-Barite
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080797
MRDS ID W032163
Record type Site
Current site name Smitha Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.34991, 37.93339 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fayette(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Harrodsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winchester(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower(hydrologic unit)

Kentucky(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kentucky-Licking(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Fayette
United States Kentucky Clark

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wilmore Limestone (Fayette-Clark);Tyrone Limestone (Fayette);Bigby Limestone (Clark)
    Rock description Wilmore Limestone (Fayette-Clark);Tyrone Limestone (Fayette);Bigby Limestone (Clark)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.34991, 37.93339
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 33 E TO N 35 E
    Dip 75 NW TO 80 NW
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault: Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • 110 FOOT SHAFT SUNK INTO VEIN IN FAYETTE COUNTY: ACROSS THE CREEK IN CLARK COUNTY VEIN OPENED WITH AN OPENCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOHS, F. J., 1913, BARYTES DEPOSITS IN KENTUCKY: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SER. 4, VOL. 1, PT. 1, PP. 441-588.

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON, L. C., 1931, THE VEIN DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SER. 6, VOL. 41, PP. 1-127.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPLEX BRECCIA AND FISSURE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Steinberger, D. A. U.S. Geological Survey

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