Mine detail: Delhi-Babb

Previously called 'Bachelor-Babb'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.29007, -88.23423

Resource(B)

Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1918

Geology

References

MAS210550024
DEP10194171
Reference{Deposit:: HARDIN G C JR USGS BULL 1012 B 1955 P 32}{Deposit:: SWANSON, A.S., AND X.B. STARNES. INVESTIGATION OF FLOURITE}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS OF BABB VEIN SYSTEM, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON}{Deposit:: COUNTIES, KENTUCKY. US BUMINES RI 4677, 1950, 30 PP.}{Deposit:: FINE, M. M. CONCENTRATION OF FLOURITE FROM TAILINGS AND}{Deposit:: MINE WASTE ROCK IN CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES,}{Deposit:: KENTUCKY. US BUMINES RI 4370, 1948, 21 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BABB VEIN SYSTEM CRITTENDEN AND}{Reserve-Resource:: LIVINGSTON COUNTIES, KY. BUMINES WAR MINERALS REPORT 317, 1945, 33 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: PHONE CONVERSATION WITH P. MCGRAIN, ASSIST. STATE GEOLOGIST,}{Reserve-Resource:: KENTUCKY GEOLOGIC SURVEY, APRIL 9, 1981.}
ReporterBrocoum, A.