Yandell Mines

Past Producer in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Cobalt, Diatomite, Manganese, Nickel, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10170102
MAS/MILS ID 0210550032
Record type Site
Current site name Yandell Mines
Alternate or previous names Milliken Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.15503, 37.21257 (WGS84)
Elevation 149
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crittenden(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dycusburg(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
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Diatomite Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.15503, 37.21257

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1902

Mining district

District name Kentucky

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marion Mineral Co
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOHS, JULIUS, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF KY, KY GEOL SUR BULL 9,

  • Deposit

    ULRICH AND SMITH, LEAD, ZINC AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF WESTE

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 36, 1905

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS AND DUNCAN, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KY, USGS

  • Deposit

    1012-A, 1955

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 800-810 ARE 1976 ENTRIES REC 020 MARION, KY. OWNER UNKNOWN REC 030 COL 48 LOCATION UNSURE, PLACED 3 MI SW OF MEXICO (70 276) BUT DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH MAP LOCATION IN 700 WHICH MINE NW OF MEXICO. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON TABB FAULT ZONE, 700 REC 040 COL 14 UNIMPROVED ROAD TO SITE, WATER .35 KM SOUTH, TRICITY .45 KM SOUTHEAST ON HIGHWAY 70 REC 040 COL 65 EXTENT OF WAD OCCURENCE UNKNOWN REC 061 OHARA SHALE MEMBER CONTAINS WAD REC 070 WAD CONTAINS AVE .8% COBALT, .13% NICKEL, .34% ZINC, MANGANESE, IRON PRESENT, TRACE OF LEAD (700 PG 278)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.