| Location: | Crittenden, Livingston County, Kentucky, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.26674, -88.20003 |
| dep_id: | 10069396 |
| mrds_id: | W006910 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Calcite |
| orebody_fm: | LINEAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| conc_proc: | Weathering Formed Some Enriched Gravel Fluorspar |
| ore_ctrl: | Moore Hill Fault System - Strike N 40 - 50 Deg E, Dip Averages 80 - 85 Deg Se, Downthrown Side Se, Displacement Up To 167 M. But Only 60 M. In Most Of The Veins Occupied By Ore Bodies. |
| Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G. |
| hrock_unit: | Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis And Other L.S., Shale, S.S. Formations |
| hrock_type: | Sandstone,Limestone |
| arock_unit: | Lamprophyre Dikes |
| arock_type: | Lamprophyre |
| Structure: | New Madrid Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament, Moore Hill Graben, Dike-Eaton Fault Zone. |
| Year first produced: | 1900 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1900 |
| References: |
- 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.
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