J. Oxford Prospect

Prospect 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290536
MAS/MILS ID 0170690075
Record type Site
Current site name J. Oxford Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.23473, 37.55537 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saline Mines(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 Hardin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 011 S 009 E 17 SWSWSE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.23473, 37.55537

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cave In Rock

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Rigsby Martin And Frailey
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BASTIN, E. S. THE FLOURSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE

  • Reserve-Resource

    COUNTIES, ILLINOIS. 1931, P. 89-90.

  • Deposit

    WELLER, J. M., ET AL, ILL. GEOL. SURV., BULLETIN 76, 1952, P

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.