Mine detail: Moore Hill Group Fluorspar Mines

Previously called 'Nancy HanksEagle-WatsonAnd Davenport Properties'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.26674, -88.20003

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1900

Geology

Host rock:Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis And Other L.S., Shale, S.S. Formations
Host type:Sandstone,Limestone
Associated rock:Lamprophyre Dikes
Associated type:Lamprophyre
Structure:New Madrid Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament, Moore Hill Graben, Dike-Eaton Fault Zone.

References

MRDSW006910
DEP10069396
Reference{Deposit:: STARNES, X.B., AND HICKMAN, R.C., 1946, EXPLORATION FOR FLUORITE, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KENTUCKY, PART 1: U.S. BU MINES REP. INV. 3943 P. 2-40}{Deposit:: THURSTON, W.R., AND HARDIN, G.C., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KY. PART 3, MOORE HILL FAULT SYSTEM CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES: USGS BULL. 1012E, P. 81 - 113}{Deposit:: TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 58 - 76}{Deposit:: 1920 GEOLMAP WELLER AND SUTTON}{Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES}{Deposit:: TRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE KENTUCKY: USGS GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-206.}{Deposit:: 1944 GEOLMAP HARDIN G.C. ET AL}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D.}{Production:: THURSTON, W.R., AND HARDIN, G.C., 1954, USGS BULL. 1012E, P. 81-113.}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G.