Mine detail: Commodore Group Fluorspar Mines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.36674, -88.1667

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Fluorite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1892

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1892

Geology

Host rock:	Chesterian And Valmeyeran L.S., S.S
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Lamprophyre And Peridotite Dikes And Sills
Associated type:	Peridotite
Structure:	New Madrid Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament, Big Four, Crystal - Holly Fault Systems, Griffith Bluff Graben

References

MRDS	W006908
DEP	10110432
Reference	{Deposit:: STARNES, X.B., AND HICKMAN, R.C., 1946, EXPLORATION FOR FLUORITE, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KY.: U.S. BU MINES R.I. 3943 P. 41-44}{Deposit:: TRACE, R.D., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KY., PART 2, CENTRAL PART OF THE COMMODORE FAULT SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1012C, P. 39-57}{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:: 1945 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES}{Deposit:: TRACE, R.D., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY: USGS GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-206}{Deposit:: 1945 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D. ET AL}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP TRACE, R.D.}{Production:: TRACE, R.D., 1954, KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. PUB. 22, P. 58-76.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.