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Shawnee Medium Interest Fluorine Deposit

Occurrence in Pope county in Illinois, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091790
MRDS ID FS00230
Record type Site
Current site name Shawnee Medium Interest Fluorine Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.55004, 37.46674 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position Unknownprecision

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pope(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waltersburg(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 Pope
United States Illinois Hardin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 012S 006E Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.55004, 37.46674
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Shawnee

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PENNINGTON, DEAN. 1976, THE IMPORTANCE OF MINERALS ON THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUGHLY CENTRAL POSITION OF LARGE IRREGULAR DEPOSIT OF MEDIUM INTEREST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-76 Sierk, Betty M. Illinois State Geological Survey

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