Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-04-20
MINING NEWS
.Ap. ZINC AND FLoURsPAR
IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

rim United states Geological Survey
Just issued valuable aud INFER
lnr bulletin under the title OF The
b. Zine and Fuorspar Deposits OF
ntucky The authors Of the report
Messrs + o tlrSh and " :
nEior smith. the general relations
lug discussed by the former and the
deposits by ihc latter luasmuch
our State Geological Survey has
sn giving attention to the same SUBJ
this contribution Is timely and
tend hy such coincident inquiry
either lu coiialgratlon or not. 10
r1N light upon a subject promising
ID Isbio ecouomiD results The de-
D.ts Investigated are situated IN the
bIuties az Livingston. Critiendcn anu
aldwcll and adlaceai portions Of
h-isiian. Trgg aud Lyon counties In
Rc.icru Kentucky. aud IN the counties
,nmcdiafoly across the Ohio river IN
D. extreme southern portions of llh-
DOL
H The existence In this region Of Ken
flcky Of auorspar. lead. barytcs and
numerous other minerals usually 1850
Mated together has long been known
~ Kentucky. aud the geological featu.
res ~ that section 81 The state have
been quite well defined and explained
Dr. our earlier surveys The actual OK.
tent and value ~ the mineral deposits
have, however been Comparatively 1T
PIE ascertained Such minerals are
Found In dikes or creSices ~ greater or
less width aud depth. resulting from
The geographic action Of the earth In
ihe process ~ mountain making They
are also accompanied with faults. of
which many are known In that region
especially. one existing az the mouth
OF the Tennessee river ~ 800 feet in
depth. running northeast and south
west Indefinitely and being parallel
with the general direction of the Al
loEhony and Rocky mountain uplifts
The mineral deposits treated In this
bulletin are found In bikes parallel 10
This fault Of similar geologic origin
This district is considered a minor
division of the lead and zinc districts
OF the Mississippi valley. including the
rich fields in Southwestern Missouri.
whore have been developed very large
deposits ~ those minerals now profita-
bly, worked In some respects IL is
sharply distinguished from the others
differing chiefly. frst. in the presence
OF basic igneous bikes: second. In the
abundance OF Huorite and its constant
association with lead and zine ores.
found chiefly In true assure veins. and.
third. IN the mode Of occurance Of the
ores. which are found principally I'm
true assure veins resulting from frac-
turing and subsequent faulting In the
other districts the lead and zine are of
primary importance, while In this dis.
trict the igneous bikes and the nuorite
are the primary or predominant fea-
tures and the lead and zinc only Incl.
dental. Fluorspar. technically known
p iiuorite, is a rarer and much more
valuable article than either zinc or
pad, and IL is its presence In this por-
Jon of Kentucky which makes such
eologic inquiry and investigation mat
Pr Of much moment In an article some
Donths ago which appeared in these
plumns II was shown that this ma
rial. much i'm demand for smelling
Rh grade minerals. was found in
eater abundance i'm Kentucky than
any other state, and that it's com
>rcial output exceeded that from all
er domestic sources combined This
tier is fully discussed in this bulle-
hy Mr.. Smith, who gives a history
lining operations in the district,
|ated by Photographic plates and
ngs.
principal deposits are chiefly
In Crittenden. Livingston and
ell counties, the mines of the