Rosiclare Mine

Past Producer in Hardin county in Illinois, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242133
MRDS ID W006925
MAS/MILS ID 0170690041
Record type Site
Current site name Rosiclare Mine
Alternate or previous names Johnson Mine
Related records 60001680

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.34834, 37.42537 (WGS84)
Elevation 108
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 012 S 008 E 32 NWN2 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) -88.34834, 37.42537

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 75W
    Thickness 2M
    Length 1402M
    Width 220M
    Area 21HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N20E:75W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 220
    Total Surface Area (HA) 21
    Date of Last Modification 820224

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1842

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 14540M
    Overall depth 960M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Percent Waste Rock 23
    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 240
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 8.92
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLER, M.J., ET AL, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF IL

  • Deposit

    ILL. STATE GEOL. SURV., BULL. 76, 1952, P. 104

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, EDSON S., ILL. STATE GEOL. SURV., BULL. 58, 1931, P.

  • Deposit

    ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 41, P. 293.

  • Deposit

    BAIN, H. FOSTER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 255, 1905, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON DONALD V US BU MINES HEALTH AND SAFETY REPT MILEY

  • Deposit

    CONTRACTED ROSICLARE MINE APRIL 27-29 1971

  • Deposit

    MSHA ID #45012-10-11-035

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON ORIGINAL ENTRY THE FOLLOWING DATA WERE RECORDE DISTANCE TO LAST POINT OF COMMON CARRIER- 0 KILOMETERS DISTA TO ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY- 0 KILOMETERS DISTANCE TO POWER SUP 1 KILOMETERS RECORD 151/ ORIGINAL DATA LISTS WASHING AND FLOATATION AS BE ATION METHODS. 60 PERCENT OF FLUORSPAR IS WASHED WITH 27 PE RECOVERY. 99 PERCENT OF THE ORES ARE PROCESSED BY FLOATATIO RECOVERY BEING 38 PERCENT FOR FLUORSPAR, AND 99 PERCENT FOR LEAD AND ZINC. 47.4 PERCENT MILLFEED SHIPPED AS CONCENTRAT SOME DATA ON MINING AND BENEFICIATION ASSUMED FROM HILLSIDE AND KUSLER HARTWELL REPORTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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