Chittenden - Black - Wright

Prospect in Livingston county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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 10169989
MAS/MILS ID 0211390049
Record type Site
Current site name Chittenden - Black - Wright

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.33394, 37.34787 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Livingston(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lola(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 Livingston

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 85W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 348M
    Width 61M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00E:85W
    Minimum Depth to Top 15
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    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 Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1919
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Kentucky-Illinois

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chromalloy American Natural Resources Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 58M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE METHODS
    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 18.96
    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 90 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRADBURY, J.C., G.C. FINGER, AND R.C. MAJOR. FLUORSPAR IN

  • Deposit

    ILLINOIS. ILL. GEOL. SURV. CIRC. 420, URBANA, IL,

  • Deposit

    1968, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    BROWNING, J.S., W.H. EDDY, AND T.L. EDDY. SELECTIVE

  • Deposit

    FLOTATION OF BARITE-FLUORSPAR ORES FROM KENTUCKY.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES RI 6187, 1963, 15 PP.

  • Deposit

    GROGAN, R.M., AND J.C. BRADBURY. FLUORITE-ZINC-LEAD

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT.

  • Deposit

    CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967,

  • Deposit

    ED. BY JOHN D. RIDGE. AIME, NEW YORK, V. 1, 1ST ED.,

  • Deposit

    1968, PP. 370-399.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT. CH. IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY GEOL. SURV. SPECIAL PUB. 22, LEXINGTON, KY,

  • Deposit

    1974, PP. 77-86.

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D. ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT. CH. IN

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    W. HUTCHESON. KENTUCKY GEOL. SURV. SPECIAL PUB. 22,

  • Deposit

    LEXINGTON, KY, 1974, PP. 58-76.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Kmc / Drs U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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