Warren H. Anderson
Chemical characterization of limestone products suitable for industrial use as chemical stone and sulfur sorbents has been conducted at several sites in central Kentucky, including the most recent one in Mason County. This detailed chemical characterization facilitates future mining of the High Bridge Group by providing information such as ledge descriptions, chemical analysis, and thickness values.
The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 have created a large demand for limestone and dolostone resources to be used as chemical stone and sulfur sorbents in electric generating stations along the Ohio River Valley. Chemical analysis of the high-calcium and high-carbonate zones described in this project will benefit suppliers and users of limestone products.
All descriptive and analytical work for the Mason County project has been completed; the manuscript was completed in early 1995, and published. Preliminary results of the chemical data indicate that in Mason County a thick, high-calcium zone exists near the top of the Tyrone Limestone, and several high-carbonate zones exist at mineable depths in the Camp Nelson Limestone. In northeastern Kentucky, the thick high-calcium zone is present only in this portion of the High Bridge Group.