| Deposit ID | 10194137 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0211390003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kentucky-Babb |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.23943, 37.28677 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 145 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Livingston(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Kentucky | Livingston |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Marcasite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -88.23943, 37.28677 |
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| Thickness | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 854M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 183M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 4HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| Year of first production | 1935 |
| District name | Babb Fault Sys. |
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| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | Other |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. |
| Home office | Illinois |
| Year | 1972 |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kentucky Fluorspar Co. (Previous) |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 172M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0211390003 |
WAR MINERALS REPORT 317 ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BABB VEIN SYSTEM
CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON CO S KY U S BUREAU OF MINES 1944 P
HARDIN GEORGE C BABB FAULT SYSTEM CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON
CO S KENTUCKY U S G S BULLETIN 1012 B 1955 PP 30 33
USGS BULL. 1012-B, 1955.
MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1946, 1947 AND 1948.
WAR MINERALS REPORT 23, 1944.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROPERTY OPERATED UNTIL 1947. AS OF 1945 REMAINING RESERVES WERE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 15,000 AND 23,000 TONS (WMR 317). HOWEVER, AT THE RATE OF 15,000 TONS PER YEAR (WMR 23) THESE RESERVES WOULD HAVE BEEN DEPLETED WHEN THE MINE CLOSED IN 1947. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.