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Shawnee Low Interest Fluorine Deposit

Occurrence in Johnson county in Illinois, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022774
MRDS ID FS00231
Record type Site
Current site name Shawnee Low Interest Fluorine Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.88339, 37.5334 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goreville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

West Frankfort(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shawnee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Johnson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 011S 003E Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.88339, 37.5334
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Shawnee

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PENNINGTON,DEAN. 1976, THE IMPORTANCE OF MINERALS ON THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST (SOUTHERNILLINOIS)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUGHLY CENTRAL POSITION OF LARGE IRREGULAR LOW INTEREST DEPOSIT. INCLUDES LARGE PORTION OF FOREST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Sierk, Betty M. Illinois State Geological Survey

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