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La Rue

Past Producer in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
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  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10194181
MAS/MILS ID 0210550017
Record type Site
Current site name La Rue
Alternate or previous names Riggs

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.16893, 37.29397 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
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
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.16893, 37.29397
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 80S
    Length 518M
    Width 44M
    Area 2HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40E:80S
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 820428

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1933
Year of first production 1934

Mining district

District name Moore Hill

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. La Rue -Surface
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1972
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eli H Brown Jr -Mineral Rights
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1972
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jesse Riggs-Mineral Lease
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THURSTON WM R AND HARDIN G C JR USGS BULL 1012 E 1954 P 111

  • Deposit

    STARNES XAVIER B BU MINES RI 4646 1950 P 7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL ENTRY RECORDED THE DISTANCE TO LAST POINT COMMON CARRIER AS 27 MILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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