Hayden Vein

Past Producer in Boyle county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080798
MRDS ID W032165
Record type Site
Current site name Hayden Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.79993, 37.6334 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boyle(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Danville(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 Boyle

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABOVE THE WATER TABLE MOST OF THE SPHALERITE AND LIMESTONE HAS BEEN LEACHED, LEAVING THE BARITE CONCENTRATED IN A RESIDUAL RED CLAY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Winchester Limestone (Cynthiana)
    Rock description Winchester Limestone (Cynthiana)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.79993, 37.6334

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kentucky Anticlinal Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 72 1/2 E
    Dip 7 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault: Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • HAYDEN VEIN REPRESENTS ZONAL FISSURING ALONG THE KENTUCKY ANTICLINAL FAULT ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kentucky Barytes Co.
    First year 1909

Comments on development

  • VEIN WAS OPENCUT IN 1909: CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE WAS MINED. THE VEIN CAN BE TRACED FOR 1500 FEET WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS SINUOUS AND CONSISTS OF TWO TO THREE BANDS OF ORE SEPARATED ORIGINALLY BY VERTICAL LIMESTONE SHEETS, 2 TO 3 FEET WIDE. THE ORE BANDS CONSIST OF LIMESTONE BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH BARITES AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, SPHALERITE, WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF LIMESTONE SMALL. THE BANDS, BEGINNING WITH THE SOUTH ONE MEASURE 6 TO 12 IN., 18 TO 22 IN., AND 18 TO 36 IN., RESPECTIVELY. THE TWO MORE NORTHERLY BANDS COMBINE AT A DEPTH OF 16 FEET AND ANOTHER APPEARS 2 1/2 FEET TO THE NORTH. THE BANDS HAVE A TOTAL WIDTH OF 4 TO 6 FEET.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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