Cullum No 4

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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10193296
MAS/MILS ID 0170690015
Record type Site
Current site name Cullum No 4
Alternate or previous names Fluorspar Number 4

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.34584, 37.47757 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosiclare(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 008+E 17 NENEN2 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.34584, 37.47757

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800404

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rosiclare

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cullum Mining Co
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1973

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLER M J ET AL GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINO

  • Deposit

    ILL STATE GEOL SUR BULL 76 1952 P 144

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON DONALD V US BU MINES HEALTH AND SAFETY REPT CULLUM M

  • Deposit

    E APRIL 28 29 1971

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.