Good Hope-Rosiclare Fault

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 10305699
MAS/MILS ID 0170690001
Record type Site
Current site name Good Hope-Rosiclare Fault

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.35614, 37.41537 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
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) -88.35614, 37.41537

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 70W
    Thickness 2.4M
    Length 305M
    Width 145M
    Area 4HA
    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 N30E:70W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1844

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 6523M
    Overall depth 145M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    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 180
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 11.38
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILL ILL GEOL SUR BULL 7

  • Deposit

    BAXTER J W AND DESBOROUGH G A ILL GEOL SUR CIRC 385 PART 2

  • Deposit

    ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULL 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 040 ON ORIGINAL ENTRY THE FOLLOWING DATA WERE RECORDED DISTANCE TO LAST POINT OF COMMON CARRIER 1 KILOMETERS DISTAN TO ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY 0 KILOMETERS DISTANCE TO POWER SUPP 0 KILOMETERS RECORD 010 COMMODITIES 2 AND 3 INFERRED FROM THE LISTING OF AND SPHALERITE ON RECORD 070 RECORD 151 47.4 PERCENT MILLFEED SHIPPED AS CONCENTRATES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.