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Sisco

Occurrence in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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 10218410
MAS/MILS ID 0210550030
Record type Site
Current site name Sisco

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.16833, 37.29257 (WGS84)
Elevation 161
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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.16833, 37.29257
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 304M
    Width 60M
    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 Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moore Hill

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grady F Sisco
    Interest 100
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STARNES X B BU MINES RI 3943 1946 P 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL DATA RECORDED THE DISTANCE TO LAST POINT COMMON CARRIER AS 26 MILES

Reporter information

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

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

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