Watson

Occurrence in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242494
MAS/MILS ID 0210550027
Record type Site
Current site name Watson

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.17003, 37.28927 (WGS84)
Elevation 167
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) -88.17003, 37.28927

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 548M
    Width 0M
    Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40E:
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 820428

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moore Hill

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category County

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL DATA RECORDED THE DISTANCE TO LAST POINT COMMON CARRIER AS 25 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.