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Ambrose Fault Vein

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080801
MRDS ID W032169
Record type Site
Current site name Ambrose Fault Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.49992, 37.83339 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NICHOLASVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jessamine(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley View(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 Jessamine

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 20 TO 60% BARITE, 20 TO 60% FLUORITE, UP TO 15% SPHALERITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Tyrone Limestone, Cut Be Vein
    Rock description Tyrone Limestone, Cut Be Vein
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.49992, 37.83339
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kentucky Anticlinal Fault Zone Intersects Vein
Type of structure Local
Structure description Horizontal Slickensides Due To Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 30 TO 40 E (N 16 W, SOUTHERN HALF)
    Dip SLIGHTLY EAST
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting: Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN CUTS, 225 AND 425 FEET, AND ONE SHAFT. THE 225 FOOT OPEN CUT WAS THE ONLY WORKING DEEMED PROFITABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 COMBINATION FISSURE AND BRECCIA DEPOSIT CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF SHORT VEINS EN ECHELON.

Reporter information

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

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