Hobby Tungsten Deposit

Prospect in Caldwell county in Kentucky, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10218612
MAS/MILS ID 0210330009
Record type Site
Current site name Hobby Tungsten Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.79582, 37.19727 (WGS84)
Elevation 136

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caldwell(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Olney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Madisonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Evansville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tradewater(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Caldwell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.79582, 37.19727

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:W.M.R.91.2059,TUNGSTEN-HOBBY MINE,CALDWELL CO.,KY.,1945.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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.