Givens Prospect

Past Producer in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Cobalt, Diatomite, Manganese, 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 10266743
MAS/MILS ID 0210550006
Record type Site
Current site name Givens Prospect
Alternate or previous names Corn Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.23833, 37.32617 (WGS84)
Elevation 139
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
Diatomite Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.23833, 37.32617

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Kentucky

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Givens Mining Co
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Corn Brothers
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS AND DUNCAN, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KY, USGS

  • Deposit

    1012-A,B, 1955

  • Deposit

    ULRICH AND SMITH, LEAD, ZINC AND FLUORSPAR OF WESTERN KY, US

  • Deposit

    PAPER 36, 1905

  • Deposit

    FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF KY, KY GEOL SUR, SERIES 6, VOL 13, 192

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 800-818 ARE 1976 ENTRIES REC 020 MARION AND PROVIDENCE, KY (REC 700 PG 250). LEASE REC 021 NO ADDRESS, DID ORIGINAL EXPLORATION (700 PG 217) REC 040 COLS 14-16 ROAD NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP, .8 KM TO LIGH ROAD AND PROBABLE ELECTRICITY. WATER .6 KM AT BROWNS BRANCH REC 040 COL 65 EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION AND PROPERTY OWNERSH UNKNOWN REC 040 COL 45 AND CROPLAND REC 050 COL 17 KY FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN FAULT ZONES. CORN FAUL RECOGNIZED AND EXPLORED REC 060 COL 59 RELATIONSHIP UNKNOWN REC 060-062 MERAMEC GP CONTAINS ST LOUIS AND STE GENEVIEVE F WHICH ARE MINERALIZED ALONG FRACTURES, CHESTER GP CONTAINS R BETHEL, PAINT CREEK, CYPRESS, GOLCONDA, HARDINSBURG, GLEN DE SPRINGS, VIENNA, WALTERSBURG, MENARD, PALESTINE, CLORE, DEGO KINKAID FMS, POTTSVILLE GP CONTAINS CASEYVILLE FM, STRATIGRA STRUCTURE FROM 701 AND 703 REC 070 COL 18 WAD CONTAINS .078% AVE COBALT, 4.05% AVE MANG .039% AVE NICKEL, .296% AVE ZINC, IRON, AND A TRACE LEAD ,70

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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