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Levias - Crittenden Springs Group Fluorspar Mines

Past Producer in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead
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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. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105532
MRDS ID W006909
Record type Site
Current site name Levias - Crittenden Springs Group Fluorspar Mines
Alternate or previous names Keystone, Ada Florence, Franklin, Mary Belle and Columbia Mines
Related records 10194302

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.1667, 37.3334 (WGS84)
Elevation 135
Relative position 8 KM. WEST OF MARION (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crittenden(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ohio-Bay(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Crittenden

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result KEYSTONE NO. 4 SHAFT - 50 - 80% CAF2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock unit name Lamprophyre Dike
    Rock description Lamprophyre Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name St. Louis Limestone;Ste. Genevieve Limestone;Renault Formation;Bethel Sandstone
    Rock description St. Louis Limestone;Ste. Genevieve Limestone;Renault Formation;Bethel Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.1667, 37.3334
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description New Madrid Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dike - Eaton Faults, Griffith Bluff Graben.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 70 - 90 DEG NW
    Length 1300M
    Width 9M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Levias - Crittenden Springs Fault Zone - About 13 Km. Long, Strikes N 25 - 35 E From A Point About 2.8 Km Northeast Of Salem, Ky. Dip Is 70 - 90 Deg Nw. Downthrown Side Is On The Nw, Displacement Up To 180 M. On The Levias (Southern) Portion.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar Mines

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Keystone Mine - Inland Steel Co., Mary Belle Mine - F. B. Moodie Jr.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Keystone Mine - Inland Steel Co., Mary Belle Mine - Alcoa Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 150M

Comments on the workings information

  • KEYSTONE VEINS ARE USUALLY 1.2 TO 2.5 M. WIDE, MAXIMUM OF 9 M. MINE WORKINGS ARE 150 M. DEEP AND EXTEND OVER 1.3 KM. ALONG LEVIAS FAULT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STARNES, X.B., 1947, J.D. PRICE FLUORITE DEPOSIT, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KY.: U.S. BU MINES REP. INV. 4087

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE LEVIAS - KEYSTONE AND DIKE - EATON AREAS, CRITTENDEN CO., KY. USGS BULL. 1122E

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 58 - 76

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-206.

  • Deposit

    1944 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES - NO ORE FOUND AT PRICE

  • Deposit

    1945 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D., HARDIN, G.C., & KLEPSER, H.J.

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D.

  • Production

    STARNES, X.B., 1947, USBURMINES REPT. INV. 4087.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: KEYSTONE MINE - 1903

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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