Cullen No2

Past Producer in Livingston county in Kentucky, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10291342
MAS/MILS ID 0211390001
Record type Site
Current site name Cullen No2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.24083, 37.21317 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Livingston(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dycusburg(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 Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Rocks of Chesterian age, lower part

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1968

Mining district

District name Mineral Ridge District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cullen Mining Co W R Frazier R Belt And S Lanham
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method TIMBERED STOPES W/CAVING METHODS
    Swell Factor .57
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. CHEMICAL COATING
    Number of Shafts 1
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 312
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLLENBECK, R. P. HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION OF CULLEN

  • Deposit

    MINE, CULLEN MINING COMPANY, SALEM, LIVINGSTON COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY. USBM HEALTH AND SAFETY ACTIVITY,

  • Deposit

    APRIL 20 AND 22, 1971.

  • Deposit

    DOES NOT APPEAR ON 80 OR 81 MSHA LISTS; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE WAS FIRST OPENED IN 1945 IT WAS LATER ABANDONED TH THREE MEN LISTED AS OWNERS AQUIRED THE PROPERTY AND BEGAN RE TATING THE MINE IN 1971 THESE THREE MEN ARE THE ONLY EMPLOYE THE COMPANY AND THEY WORK THE MINE THEMSELVES THE MINE HAS A INDEFINITE EXPECTED LIFE NO OTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE

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.