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Sandidge Veins

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106251
MRDS ID W032173
Record type Site
Current site name Sandidge Veins

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.71659, 37.6334 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 3 TO 5 MILES EAST OF DANVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boyle(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bryantsville(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
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IT IS REPORTED THAT THE BARITE IN THE SANDIDGE VEINS AVERAGED 92% BARITE BEFORE CONCENTRATION. (ROBINSON, 1931)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.71659, 37.6334
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kentucsy River (Anticlinal) Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 4.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shift Faults: Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS ARE DEPOSITS IN A SERIES OF FISSURES THAT ARE PART OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER FAULT ZONE AND CONSIST OF LINKED SHIFT FAULTS WITH STRIKES VARYING FROM N 5 E TO N 30 E. THERE ARE PARALLEL FISSURES WITHIN 1/2 MILE TO THE EAST AND THERE ARE PROBABLY CORRESPONDING FISSURES TO THE WEST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED WITH OPEN CUTS: CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF BARITE HAS BEEN SHIPPED.

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 VEINS CONSIST OF A BRECCIA BAND CONSTITUTING ONE HALF OR MORE OF THE WIDTH, THE REMAINDER BEING A FISSURE DEPOSIT. AVERAGE WIDTH OF VEIN: THREE FEET OR MORE. THE BRECCIA IS LIMESTONE CEMENTED WITH BARITE AND SOME FLUORITE AND CALCITE WHILE THE FISSURE MAY BE WHOLLY BARITE, BARITE IN NARROW BANDS ALTERNATING WITH FLUORITE, OR BARITES ENCRUSTED WITH FLUORITE CRYSTALS.
Deposit SANDIDGE VEINS ARE MADE UP OF SIX OR MORE VEINS, INCLUDING: SHELTON NO. 1, SHELTON NO. 2, YEAGER NO. 1, YEAGER NO. 2, SANDIDGE, AND WOOD VEINS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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