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Delhi-Babb

Past Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10194171
MAS/MILS ID 0210550024
Record type Site
Current site name Delhi-Babb
Alternate or previous names Bachelor-Babb

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.23423, 37.29007 (WGS84)
Elevation 148
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

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 Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.23423, 37.29007
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 457M
    Width 98M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    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
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N50E:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 820428

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Kentucky-Illinois

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ozark-Mahoning Co
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BABB VEIN SYSTEM CRITTENDEN AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KY. BUMINES WAR MINERALS REPORT 317, 1945, 33 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PHONE CONVERSATION WITH P. MCGRAIN, ASSIST. STATE GEOLOGIST,

  • Reserve-Resource

    KENTUCKY GEOLOGIC SURVEY, APRIL 9, 1981.

  • Deposit

    HARDIN G C JR USGS BULL 1012 B 1955 P 32

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, A.S., AND X.B. STARNES. INVESTIGATION OF FLOURITE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF BABB VEIN SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, KENTUCKY. US BUMINES RI 4677, 1950, 30 PP.

  • Deposit

    FINE, M. M. CONCENTRATION OF FLOURITE FROM TAILINGS AND

  • Deposit

    MINE WASTE ROCK IN CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES,

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY. US BUMINES RI 4370, 1948, 21 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 010/WAR MINERALS REP 317 SAYSDUMPS CONTAIN 2.3% ZN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Brocoum, A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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