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Fairview-Blue Diggings Fault

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217803
MAS/MILS ID 0170690040
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview-Blue Diggings Fault

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.35944, 37.41977 (WGS84)
Elevation 121
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Hardin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 013 S 008 E 05 NWNWN2 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.35944, 37.41977
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 60E
    Thickness 1M
    Length 1220M
    Width 290M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 0M
    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 FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N35E:60E
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 810616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1842
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Rosiclare

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kentucky Fluorspar Co.
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 16672M
    Overall depth 762M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Swell Factor .69
    Percent Waste Rock 48.3
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 396
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 7.74
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

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    IN ILLINOIS. ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR

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    420. 1968.

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    CURRIER, L. W. GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OF

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    FLOURSPAR AREAS IN HARDIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS. U. S.

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    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 942. 1944.

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    FOSTER, B. H. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 205, 1905, P. 44.

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

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    UNITED STATES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ILLINOIS-

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    KENTUCKY DISTRICT. ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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    BULLETIN NO. 59. 1938.

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    LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

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    JANUARY 1974.

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    MALHOTIA, R. AND SMITH, P. A. DIRECTORY OF ILLINOIS MINERAL

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    PRODUCERS, 1974. ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,

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    ILLINOIS MINERAL NOTE 64. JULY 1976.

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    SAMSON, I. AND DINGWELL, A. G. ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN

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    1976. ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ILLINOIS

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    MINERAL NOTE 70. MARCH 1979.

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

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    THE FLOURSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS. ILLINOIS STATE

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    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 76. 1952.

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    WELLER, S. THE GEOLOGY OF HARDIN COUNTY AND THE ADJOINING

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    POPE COUNTY. ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN

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    NO. 41. 1920.

  • Deposit

    ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULL 41 P 295

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    BAIN H FOSTER USGS BULL 255 1905 P 44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON ORIGINAL ENTRY,THE FOLLOWING DATA WERE RECORD DISTANCE TO LAST POINT OF COMMON CARRIER- 1 KILOMETER, DISTA ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY- 0 KILOMETERS, DISTANCE TO POWER SUPPL KILOMETER. RECORD 151/ ORIGINAL DATA LISTS WASHING AND FLOTATION AS BE ATION METHODS. 60 PERCENT OF FLUORSPAR IS WASHED WITH 27 PER RECOVERY. 99 PERCENT OF THE ORES ARE PROCESSED BY FLOTATION RECOVERY BEING 38 PERCENT FOR FLUORSPAR, AND 99 PERCENT FOR LEAD AND ZINC. 47.4 PERCENT MILLFEED SHIPPED AS CONCENTRATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 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.

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