Pigmy Mine

Past Producer in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, 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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242602
MRDS ID W006907
MAS/MILS ID 0210550071
Record type Site
Current site name Pigmy Mine
Related records 10069395

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.09443, 37.21927 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
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

Fredonia(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 Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.09443, 37.21927

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Rosiclare Lead And Fluorspar Co. (No Longer Exists)
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:SEE EVA TANGUAY FLUORSPAR MINECRITTENDEN CO.,KY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH GILL MONTGOMERY, CONSULTANT IN THE AREA, HE STATED THAT THIS MINE WAS MINED OUT.

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.

External references