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Cox

Past Producer in Hardin 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106413
MRDS ID W062440
Record type Site
Current site name Cox

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.39226, 37.43701 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR EICHORN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shetlerville(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 Hardin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
012S 007E 36 NE OF NW OF NW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA WAS ABUNDANT; SPHALERITE WAS NOT FOUND AT THIS SITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.39226, 37.43701
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN TRENDS N 20 E AND AVERAGES 4 FT WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REACHED A DEPTH OF 70 FT.

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. 143.

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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