King

Prospect in Saline 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183872
MAS/MILS ID 0171650003
Record type Site
Current site name King
Alternate or previous names King and Fergusen

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.44644, 37.63787 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saline(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rudement(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 Saline

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 010 S 007 E 21 NWSW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.44644, 37.63787

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner A. B. C. Mining Co.
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLER J M ET AL ILL STATE GEOL SUR BULL 76 P 134

  • Deposit

    BAIN H FOSTER USGS BULL 255 1905 P 60

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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.