Reynolds Metals Property

Prospect in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10169529
MAS/MILS ID 0210550018
Record type Site
Current site name Reynolds Metals Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.22503, 37.30067 (WGS84)
Elevation 162
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 Cumberland(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Crittenden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Rocks of Chesterian age, lower part

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 88W
    Thickness 2.7M
    Length 1280M
    Width 137M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 75M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N35E:88W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 810929

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1972
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 Reynolds Metals Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4412M
    Overall depth 260M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Swell Factor .67
    Percent Waste Rock 31
    Percent Recovery 70
    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
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 1280
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    2nd Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    3rd Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity 450
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 21.29
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 361 HECTARES OF SURFACE AND MINERAL RIGHTS AND 173 HECTARES OF MINERAL RIGHTS ONLY ARE HELD IN FEE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARDIN, G.C., JR. BABB FAULT SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVING-

  • Deposit

    STON COUNTIES, IN FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1012-B, 1955, PP. 7-37.

  • Deposit

    MOODIE, F. B., III, AND P. MCGRAIN. THE EAGLE-BABB-BARNES

  • Deposit

    FLUORSPAR PROJECT, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY. PROC. OF

  • Deposit

    THE NINTH FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, KEN-

  • Deposit

    TUCKY GEOLOGIC SURVEY AND ILLINOIS GEOLOGIC SURVEY, PADU-

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR, ED. BY D. W. HUTCHESON), PP. 96-

  • Deposit

    107.

  • Deposit

    PICKNEY, D.M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINING

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 970, 1976,

  • Deposit

    15 PP.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, A.S., AND X.R. STARNES. INVESTIGATION OF FLUORITE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF BABB VEIN SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, KY. BUMINES RI 4677, 1950, 30 PP.

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D. GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, MAP GQ-206, 1962.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1995 Hartos U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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