Bryant Prospect

Prospect in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Cobalt, Nickel, Zinc
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242402
MAS/MILS ID 0210550023
Record type Site
Current site name Bryant Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bryant Adit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.14473, 37.31947 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
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 Ohio-Bay(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Crittenden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.14473, 37.31947

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Mining district

District name Kentucky

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bryant, C. W.
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Harpending And Others
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOHS, JULIUS, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF KY, KY GEOL SUR BULL 9,

  • Deposit

    ULRICH AND SMITH, LEAD, ZINC AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF WESTE

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 36, 1905

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 800-811 ARE 1976 ENTRIES REC 021 J.L. HARPENDING, CRITTENDEN SPRINGS, KY AND W. MILLE LOUISVILLE, KY (700 PG 252) REC 040 COL 16 .25 KM TO US 60 REC 040 COL 45 AND AGRICULTURAL REC 040 COL 65 EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION UNKNOWN REC 050 FROM 700 PP 273-4, 215 REC 061 FROM DESCRIPTION IN 700 PG 274, LITHOLOGY FITS BIRDS FM (SEE 701 PP 60-66, 700 PG 272) REC 070 WAD IN VEINS IN QUARTZITE (BIRDSVILLE ?). CONTAINS . AVE COBALT, .045% AVE NICKEL, .035% ZINC, TRACE OF LEAD, AND AND MANGANESE ARE PRESENT (700 PG278)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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