Mine detail: Sandidge Veins

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Location: Boyle County, Kentucky, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.6334, -84.71659
dep_id: 10106251
mrds_id: W032173
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Fluorite
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Shift Faults: Brecciation
Reporter: Steinberger, D. A.
hrock_unit: Lexington Limestone, Cut By Vein
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Kentucsy River (Anticlinal) Fault Zone
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBINSON, L. C., 1931, THE VEIN DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SER. 6, VOL. 41, PP. 1-127.
  • Deposit:: FOHS, F. J., 1913, BARYTES DEPOSITS OF KENTUCKY: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SER. 4, VOL. 1, PT. 1, PP. 441-588.
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