USGS FLUORITE KENTUCKY Big Four Fault CRITTENDEN County, MAPS! Vintage 1959

Description

HARD TO FIND!!
This is USGS Bulletin 1042-S,
Geology and Fluorspar Deposits, Big Four Fault System, Crittenden County, Kentucky
. Published in 1959, there can’t be many of these around. This publication consists of the 26-page book and comes complete with BOTH OF THE ORIGINAL GEOLOGIC MAPS. This is a cool publication on an important fluorite locality that produced many nice specimens. Although not as prolific as the Illinois localities, the mines in this area also produced their share of nice fluorite in various colors. Here is a list of the mines discussed in this book:
Big Four mine
LaRue mine
Hayshed mines
Zinc prospects
Cartwright or Deer Creek mine area
Macer mine
Mitchel shaft
Lead and Reed shafts
Riggs shaft
These are some of the minerals found in this area according to the text:
Anglesite
Barite
Calcite
Cerussite
Fluorite
Galena
Marcasite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
This book would serve as a good guide to collecting in this area, and to the history of the specimens from it. All in all this is a rare publication on an important district and would make a great addition to any collector’s pack, or bookshelf.
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