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Marble Group

Prospect in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145245
MAS/MILS ID 0210550075
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Group
Alternate or previous names Haffaw, Blue and Marble, Eva Tanguay, Humphrey

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.10813, 37.21757 (WGS84)
Elevation 161
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crittenden(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Crittenden

Comments on the location information

  • THE POINT OF REFERENCE IS THE EXISTING SHAFT ON THE PROPERTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.10813, 37.21757
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 85W
    Thickness 2.2M
    Length 1250M
    Width 90M
    Area 25HA
    Depth to top 38M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N80E:85W
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 25
    Date of Last Modification 810908

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Armco Steel Corp.
    Interest 80
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Minerals Exploration Co. Ltd.
    Interest 20
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • MARBLE GROUP IS OWNED BY KENSPAR COMPANY, A JOINT VENTURE OF ARMCO STEEL CORPORATION AND MINERALS EXPLORATION COMPANY LTD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 130M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Swell Factor .75
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 450
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18.84
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 107 HECTARES OF MINERAL AND SURFACE RIGHTS, PLUS 28 HECTARES OF MINERAL RIGHTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CURRIER, L. W. FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF KENTUCKY. KENTUCKY

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1923, PP. 116-120.

  • Deposit

    HOOK, J. W. STRUCTURE OF THE FAULT SYSTEMS IN THE ILLINOIS-

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT. PROC. OF THE NINTH FORUM

  • Deposit

    ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY AND ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PADUCAH,

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY, APRIL 26-28, 1973, (PUB. AS A SYMPOSIUM ON

  • Deposit

    THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR, ED. BY DONALD W. HUTCHESON),

  • Deposit

    PP. 77-86.

  • Deposit

    PINCKNEY, D. M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY

  • Deposit

    MINING DISTRICT. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER

  • Deposit

    970, 1976, 15 PP.

  • Deposit

    ROGERS, W. B., AND W. H. HAYS. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FREDONIA

  • Deposit

    QUADRANGLE, WESTERN KENTUCKY. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, MAP GQ-607, 1967.

  • Deposit

    STARNES, X. B. FLUORITE AND ZINC ON THE EVA TANGUAY

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    RI 4055, 1947, 16 PP.

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R. D. ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT. PROC.

  • Deposit

    OF THE NINTH FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS,

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY, PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, APRIL 26-28, 1973, (PUB. AS

  • Deposit

    A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR, ED. BY DONALD

  • Deposit

    W. HUTCHESON), PP. 58-76.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10-81; REPT. NO. 1503187 AS BLUE & MARBLE, AND

  • Deposit

    REPT. NO. 1503190 AS HAFFAW. KY FLUORSPAR LISTED OWNER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1995 Piros, M.E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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