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Vinson Deposit

Prospect in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266876
MAS/MILS ID 0210550103
Record type Site
Current site name Vinson Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.03563, 37.24367 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caldwell(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
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.03563, 37.24367
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 90W
    Thickness 2.8M
    Length 149M
    Width 64M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 63M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N90E:90W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 810904

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1962
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Armco Steel Corp.
    Interest 80
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Minerals Exploration Co., Ltd.
    Interest 20
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • KENSPAR COMPANY JOINT VENTURE COMPANY FORMED TO OPERATE ARMCO AND MINEX PROPERTIES IN PAST. SINCE PROPERTY FOR LEASE, IT IS ASSUMED THAT ANY NEW OWNER WOULD OPERATE PROPERTY ITSELF AND PAY 10% ROYALTY TO ARMCO & MINEX.

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATE YEAR OF DISCOVERY IS 1962.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 119M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM 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 18.4
    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 40 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

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    ROSICLAIRE QUADRANGLES, KENTUCKY. U.S. GEOL.

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    SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, MAP GQ-400, 1965.

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

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    DEPOSITS OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT.

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

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

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    1968, PP. 370-399.

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

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

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    1976, 15 PP.

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    TRACE, R.D. EXPLORATION FOR FLUORSPAR VEIN DEPOSITS

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

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    NOVEMBER 1979, PP. 1684-1687.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-1995 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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