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Campbell-Crotser

Prospect in Livingston county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
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  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. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256465
MAS/MILS ID 0211390048
Record type Site
Current site name Campbell-Crotser

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.38504, 37.38287 (WGS84)
Elevation 117
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Livingston(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shetlerville(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 Livingston

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.38504, 37.38287
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 75W
    Thickness 6M
    Length 1676M
    Width 152M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 245M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30E:75W
    Minimum Depth to Top 213
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 810929

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1972
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Marathon Resources, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • SILVERSPAR MINERALS INC LEASED OPTIONED PROPERTY IN SEPT 1993 FROM USX CORPORATION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Indicated 621mt ore
    Demonstrated 621mt ore
    Total resources 621mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 3.6 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1994
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 44 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Indicated 621000mt ore
    Demonstrated 621000mt ore
    Total resources 621000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 3.6 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1994
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 44 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO PUBLISHED RESERVE FIGURES FOR CAMPBELL-CROTSER EXIST.
  • RESERVES FROM SILVERSPAR MINERALS INC. 1993 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 2 SILVERSPAR MINERALS INC. OPTIONED PROPERTY FROM USX CORPORATION IN SEPT 1993.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 366M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Swell Factor .67
    Percent Waste Rock 30.8
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 450
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 21.13
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 121 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    SILVERSPAR MINERALS INC 1993 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 2.

  • Deposit

    AMOS, D.H. GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF THE SHETLERVILLE AND

  • Deposit

    ROSICLAIRE QUADRANGLES, KENTUCKY. U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, MAP GQ-400, 1965.

  • Deposit

    GROGAN, R.M., AND J.C. BRADBURY. FLUORITE-ZINC-LEAD

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT.

  • Deposit

    CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967,

  • Deposit

    ED. BY JOHN D. RIDGE. AIME, NEW YORK, V. 1, 1ST ED.,

  • Deposit

    1968, PP. 370-399.

  • Deposit

    PINCKNEY, D.M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY

  • Deposit

    MINING DISTRICT. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 970,

  • Deposit

    1976, 15 PP.

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R.D. EXPLORATION FOR FLUORSPAR VEIN DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. ECON. GEOL., V. 74, NO. 7,

  • Deposit

    NOVEMBER 1979, PP. 1684-1687.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Bowyer, R.C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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