Hastie Quarry & Mill

Plant in Hardin county in Illinois, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10169305
MAS/MILS ID 0170690124
Record type Site
Current site name Hastie Quarry & Mill
Alternate or previous names Spar Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -88.20283, 37.50977 (WGS84)
Elevation 170
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)

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 009 E 04 NENENE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -88.20283, 37.50977

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.5M
    Length 1000M
    Width 300M
    Area 40HA
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 830126

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Milling method Heavy Media

Mining district

District name Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hastie Mining Co.
    ID 1101023
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Description 3600 Mt Crude Ore
  • Year 1973
    Description 1200 Mt Crude Ore
  • Year 1974
    Description 4500 Mt Crude Ore
  • Year 1975
    Description 8200 Mt Crude Ore
  • Year 1976
    Description 7300 Mt Crude Ore
  • Year 1977
    Description 8200 Mt Crude Ore
  • Year 1978
    Description 9100 Mt Crude Ore
  • Year 1979
    Description 11800 Mt Crude Ore
  • Year 1980
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimate 22500 Mt Crude Ore

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OPERATES INTERMITTANTLY/OUTPUT METGRADE TRUCKED TO ROSICLARE FOR SALE OR BLENDING.
  • MATRIX 1 BARITE GRADE VARIES; AVERAGE GRADE IS UNKNOWN. MATRIX 2 REPRESENTS RESOURCES FOR WHICH HASTIE IS TRYING TO DEVELOP A HEAVY-MEDIA PROCESS TO SEPARATE FLUORSPAR AND BARITE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 30HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 80
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 180
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 20.07
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 125
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ILLINOIS. ILL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 420, 1968, 64 PP.

  • Deposit

    FINGER, G.C., H.E. RISSER, AND J.C. BRADBURY. ILLINOIS

  • Deposit

    FLUORSPAR. ILL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 296, 1960, 36 PP.

  • Deposit

    GROGAN, R.M., AND J.C. BRADBURY. FLUORITE-ZINC-LEAD

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT. CH.

  • Deposit

    IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY

  • Deposit

    J.D. RIDGE. AIME, NEW YORK, V. 1, 1ST ED., 1968,

  • Deposit

    PP. 370-399.

  • Deposit

    PINCKNEY, D.M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY

  • Deposit

    MINING DISTRICT. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 970,

  • Deposit

    1976, 15 PP.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-AUG-1993 Drs 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)

StatusActive since 01/15/2013
MSHA mine ID1101023
Mine name (MSHA)Hastie Mine
Current operatorHastie Mining
Current controller (parent)Donald D Hastie; Robert L Hastie
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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External references