Jefferson Mine

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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10169308
MRDS ID W006922
MAS/MILS ID 0170690034
Record type Site
Current site name Jefferson Mine
Related records 10069405

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.41114, 37.46257 (WGS84)
Elevation 155
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 23 N2SW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.41114, 37.46257

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Area 4HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N25E:
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4
    Date of Last Modification 820224

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Mining district

District name Kentucky-Illinois

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minerva Oil Co
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OVERHAND 10-38
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 20
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON, D. U. U. S. BUMINES, HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT,

  • Reserve-Resource

    JEFFERSON MINE, APRIL 28, 1971.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WOOD, H. B. FLOURSPAR AND CRYOLITE. CHAPTER IN U.S.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BUMINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1971, P. 518.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON DONALD U US BU MINES HEALTH AND SAFETY REPT JEFFERSO

  • Deposit

    MINE APRIL 28 1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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