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Hamp Fluorspar Mine Group

Producer in Hardin county in Illinois, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
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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. 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 10110433
MRDS ID W006921
Record type Site
Current site name Hamp Fluorspar Mine Group
Related records 10217698

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.37504, 37.56674 (WGS84)
Elevation 163
Relative position 7.5 KM. WSW 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

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 Hardin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
011S;011S 007E;008E 12,13;18 Illinois

Comments on the location information

  • LAT.AND LONG. ARE APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Mafic Dikes And Breccias
    Rock description Mafic Dikes And Breccias
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    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) -88.37504, 37.56674
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, TABULAR
    Strike E - W AND N 25 - 30 DEG W
    Dip 60 - 65 DEG S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hamp Fault And Associated Cross Faults. The Hamp Fault Is An Arcuate Structure On The North And Northeast Flanks Of Hicks Dome. At Its Western End Downthrow Is To The North But This Reverses In The East Part.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hicks Dome Group

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS EXTEND E - W FOR 1 KM. WITH AVERAGEVEIN WIDTH OF 75 CM. AND SHAFTS 3 TO 90 M. DEEP. ALSO SOME PRODUCTION FROM CROSS FAULTS TRENDING N 25 - 30 DEG W.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J. W., DESBOROUGH, G. A. AND SHAW, C. W., 1967, AREALGEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT PART 3: ILL. STATE GEOL. SURV. CIRC.413, 41 P.

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J. W. AND 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. AND TIPPIE, F. E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITSOF ILLINOIS: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 76, 147 P.

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOLMAP ILL. STATEGEOLOGICAL SURVEY, J. M. WELLER

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOLMAP ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • 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

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