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Hobbs Prospect

Occurrence in Hardin county in Illinois, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082993
MRDS ID W062474
Record type Site
Current site name Hobbs Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.39365, 37.49063 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR EICHORN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shetlerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paducah(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 007E 11 NE OF SE OF NE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE PROSPECT ENCOUNTERED CALCITE VEINLETS BUT NO FLUOSPAR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.39365, 37.49063
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT
    Overall depth 9.75M

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

    WELLER, J.M., GROGAN, R.M., AND TIPPIE, F.E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 76, 147 P.

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

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