Within the basin, deposits valuable for lead, zinc, coal balls and fluorite are mined in Livingston counties, Kentucky . the deposits are in the form of veins and limestone replacement deposits in Mississippian sedimentary rocks.
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He was an ROTC cadet at Mines and received a commission upon graduation, but deferred his call to Korean War era service for one year in order to complete his master's degree, graduating in 1954, the year he joined AAPG . Funded by a Shell fellowship, his master's thesis concerned the geology of the Doctor Mine, a lead zinc replacement deposit in the Leadville Limestone, in Gunnison County, Colorado.
