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Waits Mine

Past Producer in Franklin county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Lead, Barium-Barite, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080800
MRDS ID W032168
Record type Site
Current site name Waits Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.88326, 38.68338 (WGS84)
Elevation 184
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES NORTH OF FRANKFORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owen(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sanders(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Falmouth(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 Franklin

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result APPROXIMATELY 45% BARITE, 35% GALENA, 15% SPHALERITE, AND 5% CALCITE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.88326, 38.68338
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing: No Evidences Of Faulting Observed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer Mr. Frank K. Kavanaugh, Mr. E. T. Kavanaugh, Judge W. S. Pryor, Mr. R. R. Wilson
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1940

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. W. Dougherty, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Type Owner
    Owner Victor F. Waits/David Waits

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS OF 1940 INCLUDED 475 FEET OF OPEN CUTTING AND A 45 FOOT DEEP SHAFT, PARTIALLY FILLED BACK WITH WASTE ROCK FROM THE OPEN CUT, AND A SMALL JIG AND CRUSHER HOUSE OVER THE SHAFT AND OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JILLSON, WILLARD R., 1941, LEAD MINES OF THE LOWER KENTUCKY RIVER VALLEY: LOUISVILLE, JOHN P. MORTON AND CO., 47 P.

  • 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.

Reporter information

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

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