Lee Fluorspar Mines

Past Producer in Hardin 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105533
MRDS ID W006920
Record type Site
Current site name Lee Fluorspar Mines
Related records 10290504

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.30004, 37.56674 (WGS84)
Elevation 148
Relative position 3 KMSE OF KARBERS RIDGE (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Karbers Ridge(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 Hardin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
011S 008E 14 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Mafic Dikes And Breccias
    Rock description Mafic Dikes And Breccias
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestones
    Rock description Limestones

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.30004, 37.56674

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description New Madrio Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rock Creek Graben, Hicks Dome

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 50 - 58DEG E
    Dip 75 - 85 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lee Fault -Trends Ne, Downthrown Side Se, Displacement 137 M. At Lee Mine. (Baxter, 1965 P. 32)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hicks Dome Group

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hillside Fluorspar Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J. W., DESBOROUGH, G. A., 1965 AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT PART 2: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 385, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    WELLER, J. M., GROGAN, R. M. ANDTIPPIE, F. E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS: ILL. STATE GEOL. SURV. BULL. 76

  • Deposit

    MC GINNIS, L.D. AND BRADBURY, J.C., 1964, AEROMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE HARDIN COUNTY AREA, ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 363, 12 P.

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOLMAP ILL.STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WELLER J. M.

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOLMAP ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BAXTERJ. W.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOPHYS ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; AEROMAG. SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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