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Craig Vein

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080799
MRDS ID W032166
Record type Site
Current site name Craig Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.46658, 38.11673 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fayette(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lexington East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lexington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Louisville(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.46658, 38.11673
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 1.37M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Central Pigment Co.
    First year 1913
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. And. Mrs. W. G. Craig
    First year 1913

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED WITH OPEN CUTS

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 DEPOSIT WAS SOFT AND WEATHERED TO A DEPTH OF 15 FEET WHERE THE WALLS WERE ENCOUNTERED AND THE BARITE BECAME HARD CRYSTALLINE. AT ONE END OF THE WORKINGS THE BARITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SPHALERITE: AT THE SOUTH END IT CONTAINS CHIEFLY GALENA, WHILE BETWEEN THEM THE DEPOSIT IS LARGELY BARITE ALONE.

Reporter information

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

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