Baker

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144570
MAS/MILS ID 0170690043
Record type Site
Current site name Baker
Alternate or previous names Eichorn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -88.40284, 37.47977 (WGS84)
Elevation 149
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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
3rd Principal 012 S 007 E 14 NE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -88.40284, 37.47977

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kentucky-Illinois

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eichorn Fluorspar Mining Co
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1973
  • Type Operator
    Owner Knight Brothers And E C Clark-Lessees
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASTIN EDSON S ILL STATE GEOL SUR BULL 58 1931 P 83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references