Mine detail: Kentucky-Babb

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.28677, -88.23943

Resource(N)

Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Other material: Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Marcasite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1905

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1935

Geology

References

MAS211390003
DEP10194137
Reference{Deposit:: WAR MINERALS REPORT 317 ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BABB VEIN SYSTEM}{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON CO S KY U S BUREAU OF MINES 1944 P}{Deposit:: HARDIN GEORGE C BABB FAULT SYSTEM CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON}{Deposit:: CO S KENTUCKY U S G S BULLETIN 1012 B 1955 PP 30 33}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 1012-B, 1955.}{Deposit:: MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1946, 1947 AND 1948.}{Deposit:: WAR MINERALS REPORT 23, 1944.}
ReporterEastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)