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Spivey Mine

Past 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  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 10168929
MAS/MILS ID 0170690127
Record type Site
Current site name Spivey Mine
Alternate or previous names Greene Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.22423, 37.56337 (WGS84)
Elevation 120
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saline Mines(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

West Frankfort(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saline(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 011 S 009 E 16 NWNESW Illinois

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.22423, 37.56337
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75E
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 3M
    Length 830M
    Width 830M
    Area 0.8HA
    Depth to top 120M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N75E:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 60
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) .8
    Date of Last Modification 801219

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Year of first production 1973
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Central Hardin County

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Inverness Mining Co.
    ID 1101764
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1980

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Description Flourite And Lead Output 737 Annual Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1974
    Description Flourite And Lead Output 131 Annual Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1975
    Description Flourite And Lead Output 7615 Annual Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1976
    Description Flourite And Lead Output 27395 Annual Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1977
    Description Flourite And Lead Output 44239 Annual Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1977
    Description 1,591 Mt Zn In Concentrate Mt Ore Not Given
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Conc. Zinc Zinc 1591mt
  • Year 1978
    Description 1,017 Mt Zn In Concentrate 96573 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Conc. Zinc Zinc 1017mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Flourite And Lead Output 34918 Annual Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1979
    Description Flourite And Lead Output 24048 Annual Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1979
    Description 2,321 Mt Zn In Concentrate 78108 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Conc. Zinc Zinc 2321mt
  • Year 1980
    Description 461 Mt Zn In Concentrate 48983 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Conc. Zinc Zinc 461mt
  • Year 1981
    Description 2,022 Mt Zn In Concentrate 127680 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Conc. Zinc Zinc 2022mt

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED. PRODUCTION DATA FROM BUMINES PRODUCTION STATISTICS MINE PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN EARLY 1982. MINE AND MILL EQUIPMENT SOLD OFF.
  • MILL INVESTMENT ALLOCATED TO SPIVEY INCLUDES $2.5 MILLION MILL CAPITAL AND $0.166 MILLION WORKING CAPITAL AND IS BASED ON MILL FEED PERCENT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REPORTED TONNAGES AND GRADES ARE IN-SITU ESTIMATES.
  • ALSO KNOWN AS GREENE MINE. (?) SEE MAS SEQ # 0170690123A MINERVA - EVALUATED USING SAME MILL CLOSED AND FLOODED/PROPERTY FOR SALE SINCE 1984. UPDATE NOT RECOMMENDED UNLESS PROPERTY SOLD. (REMAINING RESOURCES SMALL)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1600M
    Overall depth 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE METHODS
    Swell Factor .75
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 181
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 24.41
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 69 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, E.S. THE FLOURSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, ILLINOIS. ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN NO. 58, 1931, PP. 69-70.

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J.W., F.L. DOYLE, AND P.E. POTTER. AREAL GEOLOGY OF

  • Deposit

    THE ILLINOIS FLOURSPAR DISTRICT. PART 1 - SALINE MINES,

  • Deposit

    CAVE IN ROCK, DEKOVEN, AND REPTON QUADRANGLES. ILLINOIS

  • Deposit

    STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 342, 1963, PP. 30-35.

  • Deposit

    BRADBURY, J.C., G.C. FINGER, AND R.L. MAJOR. FLOURSPAR IN

  • Deposit

    ILLINOIS. ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR

  • Deposit

    420, 1968, PP. 9-14.

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, H.W., AND P. HATMAKER. THE FLOURSPAR INDUSTRY OF THE

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THHE ILLINOIS-

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY DISTRICT. ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN NO. 59, 1938, PP. 24-25.

  • Deposit

    GROGAN, R.M., F.E. TIPPIE, AND J.M. WELLER. GEOLOGY OF THE

  • Deposit

    FLOURSPAR DEPOSITTS OF ILLINOIS. ILLINOIS STATE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 76, 1952, PP. 81-82.

  • Deposit

    ILLINOIS DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION. GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP,

  • Deposit

    HARDIN COUNTY, 1973.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-AUG-1993 Tjm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/09/1983
MSHA mine ID1101764
Mine name (MSHA)Spivey Mine
Current operatorInverness Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Seaforth Mineral & Ore Company Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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