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Commodore Group Fluorspar Mines

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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110432
MRDS ID W006908
Record type Site
Current site name Commodore Group Fluorspar Mines
Related records 10218166

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.1667, 37.36674 (WGS84)
Elevation 145
Relative position ABOUT 10 KM. NORTHWEST OF MARION, KY.

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

  • COMMODORE GROUP INCLUDES THE COMMODORE, HICKORY CANE, K. K., SULLENGER, PASCO, JENKINS, BEGOUT AND LAFAYETTE MINES.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Lamprophyre And Peridotite Dikes And Sills
    Rock description Lamprophyre And Peridotite Dikes And Sills
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chesterian And Valmeyeran L.S., S.S
    Rock description Chesterian And Valmeyeran L.S., S.S

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.1667, 37.36674
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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 Big Four, Crystal - Holly Fault Systems, Griffith Bluff Graben

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 70 - 80 DEG SE
    Length 120M
    Width 3.6M
    Depth to bottom 60M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Commodore And Glendale Faults - Strike N 30 Deg E, Dip 70-80 Deg Se, Are Downthrown On The Se Side About 450 - 600 M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District

Comments on the production information

  • K.K. MINE WAS THE LARGEST PRODUCER AS OF 1954.

Comments on the workings information

  • K.K. NO. 1 SHAFT ORE BODY WAS 23 M. DEEP 26 M. LONG AND FROM A COUPLE CENTIMETERS TO 3.6 M. WIDE. IT AVERAGED 75% CAF2 AND 10% SI02. THE NO. 3 SHAFT ORE BODY WAS 55 M. LONG, 12 M. DEEP AND 1.2 - 1.5 M. WIDE. THE HICKORY CANE ZINC BODY WAS 120 M. LONG AND OVER 30 M. DEEP. THE COMMODORE ORE BODY WAS 53 M. LONG AND CHIEFLY FLUORSPAR FROM THE SURFACE TO 38 M. AND ZINC ORE FROM 38 M. TO 60 M. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STARNES, X.B., AND HICKMAN, R.C., 1946, EXPLORATION FOR FLUORITE, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KY.: U.S. BU MINES R.I. 3943 P. 41-44

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KY., PART 2, CENTRAL PART OF THE COMMODORE FAULT SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1012C, P. 39-57

  • 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

    1945 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY: USGS GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-206

  • Deposit

    1945 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D. ET AL

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D.

  • Production

    TRACE, R.D., 1954, KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. PUB. 22, P. 58-76.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: COMMODORE MINE - 1892, K. K. - 1916, HICKORY CANE - 1901.
Deposit Discovery Year: COMMODORE MINE - 1892

Reporter information

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

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