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Rockhounding Near Paducah, Kentucky

Paducah is the western Kentucky planning hub for the fluorspar district and Tennessee River/Kentucky Lake geology.

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11core atlas
88USGS Research
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Rockhounding map near Paducah

Explore nearby Kentucky records without leaving this hub. Status, coordinate precision and access evidence determine whether a pin is a realistic field destination.

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This hub map shows nearby records only.Land and claim layers are planning aids, not collecting permission.
Historic mine / fluorspar context. General comparison image, not a photograph of this specific field region.
Historic mine / fluorspar context

Reference photograph used for rock and mineral identification. It is not from this exact location or a guarantee that collecting is permitted.

What is this area strongest for?

This hub uses Paducah as a geographic base, while the material mix is calculated from the records actually mapped around it.

Fluorite & Western Kentucky Ore Minerals62 nearby recordsRiver Gravel & Alluvial Geology3 nearby recordsOrdovician, Devonian & Mississippian Fossils2 nearby records

Field regions around Paducah

Western Kentucky Fluorspar DistrictHistoric fluorite, lead-zinc and ore-mineral district centered on western Kentucky, largely research/private-access context.Tennessee River & Kentucky Lake GeologyRiver, lake-shore and transported-gravel research with changing shoreline access and ownership.

Nearby records worth opening individually

Records are ordered by evidence status first, then distance. Open the detailed guide before treating any pin as a trip destination.

Research10.9 mi

Dunning Mine

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research20.4 mi

Ranch Mine

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research24.4 mi

Grimes

Fluorite

USGS Research
Research24.5 mi

Burns Mine

Zinc, Barite, Fluorite

USGS Research
Research25.1 mi

Kirk

Fluorite

USGS Research
Research25.6 mi

J Tyner

Fluorite

USGS Research
Research26.1 mi

Yandell Mines

Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, Zinc

USGS Research
Research26.1 mi

H Watson

Fluorite

USGS Research
Research26.5 mi

Ludwig

Fluorite

USGS Research

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