C. M. Miller Mine

Past Producer in Hardin county in Illinois, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082960
MRDS ID W062432
Record type Site
Current site name C. M. Miller Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.22197, 37.50396 (WGS84)

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
012S 009E 4 W2 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.22197, 37.50396

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Basic Mineral Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL BRANCHING DRIFT AND SMALL PITS DEVELOP THIS REPLACEMENT PRODUCT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95.

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, E.S., 1931, THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 58, 116 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WITHIN A ZONE OF ABOUT 6 FT THICK THERE OCCUR TWO OR THREE FLAT-LYING REPLACEMENT ZONES OF FLUORITE. PRESERVATION OF FOSSILS AND STYOLITES ARE EVIDENCE THAT THE ORE IS REPLACEMENT.
Deposit WATER WAS SUPPLIED THROUGH RUNOFF AND STORED IN A SMALL POND. IT WAS INADEQUATE EXCEPT IN THE RAINY SEASON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1996 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.