1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Empire-O. Crabb-Red Extention

Past Producer in Pope county in Illinois, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083060
MRDS ID W062562
Record type Site
Current site name Empire-O. Crabb-Red Extention

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.42254, 37.52646 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR EICHORN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pope(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Herod(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 Pope

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
011S 007E 27 N2 OF S2 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPHALERITE AND GALENA WERE MINOR.

Materials information

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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Rosiclare Sandstone
    Rock description Rosiclare Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Fredonia Limestone
    Rock description Fredonia Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.42254, 37.52646
ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Brecciation

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 Rosiclare Lead And Fluorspar Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • VEIN MATERIAL WAS TRUCKED TO THE SIDING AT THE STEWART MINE FOR SHIPPING TO THE COMPANY MILL AT ROSICLARE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT 3A
    Overall depth 14.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING DEVELOPED A VEIN STRIKING N 55 E AND DIPPING 70 SE. DRIFTS FROM THE NO. 3A SHAFT START AT THE BOTTOMOF THE SHAFT AND WERE DRIVEN ALONG THE VEIN SW FOR 70 FT AND NE FOR ABOUT 50 FT. THE PLAN VIEW (BASTIN, 1931) SHOWS 7 SHAFTS AND 2 OPEN CUTS ALONG THE VEIN. THE VEIN AVERAGE 2.5 FT WIDE. WELLER AND OTHERS (1952) REPORT THAT DEPTHS OF 19 TO 180 FT HAD BEEN REACHED.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION LASTED OVER MANY YEARS.

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.

  • 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.

  • Production

    BASTIN, 1931, P. 87.

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.

Maps centered on this site