Mineral Ridge Mine

Past Producer in Livingston 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. 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 10242505
MRDS ID W006911
MAS/MILS ID 0211390032
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Ridge Mine
Related records 10107278

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.20693, 37.21587 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Livingston(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dycusburg(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 Livingston

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.20693, 37.21587

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    PHONE CONVERSATION WITH P. MCGRAIN, ASSIST. STATE GEOLOGIST,

  • Reserve-Resource

    KENTUCKY GEOLOGIC SURVEY, APRIL 9, 1981.

  • Deposit

    REF:W.M.R.18,MINERAL RIDGE FLUOSPAR PROP.,LIVINGSTON CO.,KY.

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, H. W., AND G. N. GREENSPOON. FLOURSPAR AND CRYOLITE.

  • Deposit

    CH. FROM US BUMINES MINERALS YRBK, 1946, PP. 507-524.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 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.