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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Beavers Fluorite Prospect (Occurrence)S.L.Crook Mine (Past Producer)Tabb Group Fluorspar Mines (Producer)Walker Fluorspar Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Bright Mine (Past Producer)Jesse Redd Prospect (Occurrence)Warren Fluorspar Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Senator No.2 Shaft + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Morgan Heirs Fluorspar Tract (Prospect)Hobby Titanium Deposit (Occurrence)Princeton Sandstone Pit (Prospect)Phelps Sandstone Pit (Past Producer)Hobby Tungsten Deposit (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
13 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 6 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Western Kentucky District

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 gem or collectible minerals (Fluorite, Silver) and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. Minerals mentioned: Fluorite, Silver. Approx. location 37.200, -88.100. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

12
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

8
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

3
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Barite 1Fluorite 1Galena 1Sphalerite 1

Commodities

Fluorine-Fluorite 19Zinc 2Lead 2Silica 2Barium-Barite 1Titanium 1Tungsten 1Silver 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Tabb Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteBarite, Fluorite, Galena, SphaleriteProducer37.183, -88.000
Hodge Number 2 MineFluorine-Fluorite—Occurrence37.236, -88.167
Hodge Number 3 MineFluorine-Fluorite—Occurrence37.238, -88.162
Hodge Number 1 MineFluorine-Fluorite—Occurrence37.237, -88.164
Beavers Fluorite ProspectFluorine-Fluorite—Occurrence37.219, -88.061
Senator No.2 ShaftFluorine-Fluorite—Past Producer37.169, -87.919
Warren Fluorspar MineFluorine-Fluorite—Past Producer37.179, -87.930
Morgan Heirs Fluorspar TractFluorine-Fluorite—Prospect37.153, -87.882
Bright MineFluorine-Fluorite—Past Producer37.164, -87.936
Hobby Titanium DepositTitanium—Occurrence37.176, -87.867
Silverstar MineFluorine-Fluorite—Occurrence37.213, -88.184
Jesse Redd Prospect——Occurrence37.063, -87.945
Senator Main ShaftFluorine-Fluorite—Past Producer37.174, -87.920
Walker Fluorspar MineFluorine-Fluorite—Past Producer37.180, -87.944
Eddie Crowder MineFluorine-Fluorite—Past Producer37.179, -87.929
Hobby Tungsten DepositTungsten—Prospect37.197, -87.796
Hodge Number 4 MineFluorine-Fluorite—Occurrence37.239, -88.160
Gilbert Williamson DepositFluorine-Fluorite—Past Producer37.180, -87.931
Senator No.1 ShaftFluorine-Fluorite—Past Producer37.169, -87.917
S.L.Crook MineFluorine-Fluorite—Past Producer37.210, -88.004
Princeton Sandstone PitSilica—Prospect37.109, -87.864
Schwench MineFluorine-Fluorite—Past Producer37.184, -87.943
Phelps Sandstone PitSilica—Past Producer37.093, -87.839
Western Kentucky DistrictFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc—Past Producer37.200, -88.100

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 fossil collection records in Caldwell County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Crittenden County · Livingston County · Marshall County · Union County · Christian County

Kentucky mineral guides

Back to all Kentucky counties.

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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