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King

Occurrence in Saline 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083088
MRDS ID W062598
Record type Site
Current site name King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.44643, 37.63785 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR RUDEMENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saline(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rudement(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

West Frankfort(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saline(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 Saline

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
010S 007E 21 NW OF SW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA AND SPHALERITE ARE MINOR MINERALS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.44643, 37.63785
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner A. B. C. Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE GROUP OF PROSPECT TRENCHES AND PITS EXPOSED SHEARED REMNANTS OF FLUORSPAR VEINS.

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLE SITE OF THE KING AND FERGUSON MINE OF EARLIER REPORTS.

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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