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Klondike Mine

Past Producer in Livingston county in Kentucky, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10267511
MAS/MILS ID 0211390051
Record type Site
Current site name Klondike Mine
Alternate or previous names Ne Klondike, Coker Donakie

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.32924, 37.21947 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Livingston(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burna(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

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.32924, 37.21947
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N34E
    Dip 85E
    Thickness 1.8M
    Length 2490M
    Width 76M
    Area 25HA
    Depth to top 23M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N34E:85E
    Minimum Depth to Top 23
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .6
    Total Surface Area (HA) 25
    Date of Last Modification 830103

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1950
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Reynolds Metals Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1982

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 0M
    Overall depth 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Swell Factor .61
    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
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity 450
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 23.1
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROXIMATELY 19 HECTARES ARE UNDERLAIN BY ORE. TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS APPROXIMATELY 810 HECTARES; APPROX. 200 HECTARES SURFACE AND MINERALS HELD IN FEE, AND 610 HECTARES ARE LEASED FOR MINERALS ONLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUR MINES 1943 WAR MINERAL REPT 140

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP DOC # 300333 & 300332; US BUR MINES IC #8339 P 33

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., M.R. BROCK, J.L. JOLLY, AND C.E. WELLS.

  • Deposit

    REGIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND

  • Deposit

    ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINERAL DISTRICTS. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BULL. 1202-B, 1965, 20 PP.

  • Deposit

    HUTCHESON, D.W. (ED.). A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF

  • Deposit

    FLUORSPAR. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINTH FORUM ON GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL

  • Deposit

    PUBLICATION 22, SERIES X, 1974, PP. 1-85.

  • Deposit

    PICKNEY, D.M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINING

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 970,

  • Deposit

    1976, 15 PP.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, A.S. INVESTIGATION OF THE KLONDIKE FLUORSPAR

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, KY. BUMINES RI 4603,

  • Deposit

    1949, 19 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY DIMENSIONS BASED UPON ADJACENT, ABANDONED KLONDIKE MINE ORE BODY DIMENSIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 D J G U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 11/07/2013
MSHA mine ID1519209
Mine name (MSHA)Klondike II
Current operatorHastie Mining
Current controller (parent)Donald D Hastie; Robert L Hastie
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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