Mine detail: Clark Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.28338, -84.74992

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Zinc, Strontium
Ore:	Barite, Galena, Sphalerite, Strontianite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	LINEAR: PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1901

Geology

Host rock:	Greendale-Lexington Limestone
Host type:	Limestone

References

MRDS	W032161
DEP	10080795
Reference	{Deposit:: JILLSON, WILLARD R., 1941, LEAD MINES OF THE LOWER KENTUCKY RIVER VALLEY: LOUISVILLE, JOHN P. MORTON AND CO., 47 P.}{Deposit:: FOHS, F. J., 1913, BARYTES DEPOSITS OF KENTUCKY: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SER. 4, VOL. 1, PT. 1, PP. 441-588.}{Deposit:: ROBINSON, L. C., THE VEIN DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SER. 6, VOL. 41, PP. 1-127.}
Reporter	Steinberger, D. A.