Slapout Mine

Past Producer in Pope 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083082
MRDS ID W062590
Record type Site
Current site name Slapout Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.42476, 37.51924 (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 34 SE OF SE OF NW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO GALENA OR SPHALERITE WERE IDENTIFIED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.42476, 37.51924

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN TRENDS N 25 E AND IS ABOUT 3 FT WIDE ON AVERAGE. THE VEIN FOLLOWS A COMPLEX SET OF FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Karber And Adams

Comments on the production information

  • THERE WAS COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION AT THIS DEPOSIT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN OPEN CUT IS BEING MINED ABOVE THE OLDER WORKINGS.

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.

  • Production

    WELLER AND OTHERS, 1952, P. 138.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESIDUAL 'GRAVEL SPAR' AND REPLACEMENT MINERALIZATION OCCUR IN THE VEIN DEPOSIT.

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.

External references