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Baldwin Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106432
MRDS ID W062549
Record type Site
Current site name Baldwin Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.41865, 37.53479 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR EICHORN; ABOUT 0.5 MI N OF THE NORTHERN-MOST WORKINGS OF THE EMPIRE MINE.

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 27 SW OF SE OF NE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Limestone To Form A Gravel Spar Deposit.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.41865, 37.53479
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPECIMENS FROM THE DUMP REVEAL THAT SPHALERITE AND FLUORITE HAVE REPLACED FRACTURED LIMESTONE IN THE WALLS. THE DEPOSIT VARIED FROM 0 TO 20 FT IN WIDTH AND WAD ABOUT 100 FT LONG. THE DEPOSIT TRENDS N 65 E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. F. Taylor

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL PIT EXPOSES A SMALL VEIN THAT STRIKES N 50 E AND DIPS 70 SE. A SHAFT ABOUT 50 FT DEEP WAS SUNK ON ONE SIDE OF THE VEIN.

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

    BASTIN, E.S., 1931, THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 58, 116 P.

  • 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 THIS IS A GRAVEL SPAR 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

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