Pierce Mine

Past Producer in Pope 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 10290904
MAS/MILS ID 0171510022
Record type Site
Current site name Pierce Mine
Alternate or previous names Raum Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.42224, 37.52317 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pope(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Herod(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

West Frankfort(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 Pope

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 011 S 007 E 34 SWNWNE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.42224, 37.52317

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Empire District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Karber And Adams
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 76, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    WELLER J M ET AL ILL STATE GEOL SUR BULL 76 P 137

  • Deposit

    ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 41 P 302

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.

External references