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Cave In Rock Quadrangle Mine

Producer in Hardin county in Illinois, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Cadmium, Germanium, Barium-Barite, Gallium, Calcium, Quartz, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069407
MRDS ID W006924
Record type Site
Current site name Cave In Rock Quadrangle Mine
Alternate or previous names Hill-Ledford, Deardorf, Oxford,, Green and Davis Group All Owned By Ozark - Mahoning, Minerva No. 1, Victory, Crystal Mines Minerva Oil. Co., And Other Lesser Deposits: Fluorspar Products Lead Hill Group,, Grischy Mines, Austin Mines, Tems Prospect,, Oxford - Morrison Open Pit, Frayser Mines, Patton Shaft,, Martin Prospect, Eureka Prospect, Hill Property, Winn Property,, Underwood Property, Frailey Workings, Patrick Mine, Palmer Mine,, And Tower Rock Workings.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.20003, 37.51674 (WGS84)
Elevation 160
Relative position MOST MINES ARE IN AN 8 BY 1.5 KM. RECTANGLE TRENDING N 50 DEG E AND LOCATED 6 KM. NW OF THE TOWN OF CAVE IN ROCK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saline Mines(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

West Frankfort(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ohio-Bay(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 Hardin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
011S 009E 23,24,25,26,34,35 Illinois

Comments on the location information

  • THE VICTORY MINE ISLOCATED IN T. 12 S., R. 9 E. SEC. 3 (NW 1/4)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Cadmium Secondary
Germanium Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Gallium Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Quartz Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Anglesite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Smithsonite Gangue
Strontianite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Decalcification (Solution Removal) Of Wall Rock

Analytical data

Result DAVIS - DEARDORF MINE REPORTED CRUDE ORE 50 - 60% CAF2, 12 - 14% ZN, 3 - 5% PB. ZN CONCENTRATECONTAINED 0.33% CD AND ENOUGH GALLIUM TO ADVERSELY AFFECT FURTHER PROCESSING OFTHE ZINC CONCENTRATES. PB CONCENTRATE CONTAINED 189 GM/MET TON AG. THE MINERVA NO. 1 MINE MILL FEED IN 1945 AVERAGED 35% CAF2 AND 4.2% ZN. (WELLER 1952) MINERVA NO. 1 ZN CONCENTRATES AVERAGED 1% CD AND 0.025% GE. (GROGAN AND BRADBURY 1968).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Mafic Dikes And Breccias
    Rock description Mafic Dikes And Breccias
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Downey'S Bluff Formation Limestone;Renault Formation (Levias Member) Limestone;Ste. Genevieve Formation Limestone, Spar Mountain S.S. Member
    Rock description Downey'S Bluff Formation Limestone;Renault Formation (Levias Member) Limestone;Ste. Genevieve Formation Limestone, Spar Mountain S.S. Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.20003, 37.51674
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description New Madrio Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament
Type of structure Local
Structure description Peters Creek Fault Zone, Sag Synclines In Beds Directly Overlying Ore Due To Solution Of L.S.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR. TWO BASIC TYPES
  • General form TABULAR. TWO BASIC TYPES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Faults Trending N 45 -60 Deg E. And N 30 - 85 Deg W. Favorable Beds Are Listed Under Host Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minerva Oil Co. (Minerva No. 1, Crystal, Victory)
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ozark - Mahoning Co. (Hill - Ledford, Oxford, Green And Davis Group, Deardorf).

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE BODIES ARE COMMONLY 15 - 60 M. WIDE, 150 M. WIDE MAXIMUM. USUALLY 1.5 TO 6 M. THICK; 9 M. MAXIMUM. MOST ORE BODIES ARE 60 - 450 M. LONG BUT SEVERAL ARE OVER 900 M. ONE DEPOSIT WHICH IS WORKED FROM OZARK - MAHONING'S OXFORD MINE AND MINERVA'S NO. 1 MINE IS OVER 3.2 KM. LONG. (GROGAN AND BRADBURY, 1968) THE DISTRICT'S DEEPEST SHAFT IS 243 M. (BAXTER, 1963)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J. W., POTTER, P. E., DOYLE, F. L., 1963, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, PT. 1: ILL.STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 342, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    GROGAN, R. M., BRADBURY, J. C., 1968, FLUORITE - ZINC - LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT: IN RIDGE,J. D. ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S. 1933 - 1967, AIME, P. 370 - 399

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R. W., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT: IN SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR, KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB 22 P. 58 - 76

  • Deposit

    WELLER, J. M., GROGAN, R. M. AND TIPPIE, F. E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 76

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, O.M., AND SWANSON, A.S., 1948, CORE DRILLING AT THE VICTORY FLUORSPAR MINE, HARDIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4324.

  • Deposit

    MC GINNIS, L.D. AND BRADBURY, J.C., 1964, AEROMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE HARDIN COUNTY AREA,ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 363, 12 P.

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOLMAP ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, J. M. WELLER

  • Deposit

    1943 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES (VICTORY MINE)

  • Deposit

    1958 GEOLMAP ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; BAXTERET. AL.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOPHYS ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; AEROMAG. SURVEY

  • Production

    WELLER, J. M., 1952, GEOL. OF FLUORSPAR DEP. OF ILLINOIS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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