Red Knight Fluorspar Mine

Producer in Pope county in Illinois, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069404
MRDS ID W006919
Record type Site
Current site name Red Knight Fluorspar Mine
Alternate or previous names Roberts, Redd Mine
Related records 10290814

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.42532, 37.52646 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Relative position 4.3 KM. NNW OF EICHORN(TOWN)

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
011S 007E 27 Illinois

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR NEW SHAFT. OLD SHAFT IS AT 36 SEC. LAT. AND 27 SEC. LONG.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Mafic Dikes And Breccias
    Rock description Mafic Dikes And Breccias
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestones
    Rock description Limestones

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.42532, 37.52646

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description New Madrio Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hicks Dome, Rock Creek Graben

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Empire Fault - Trends Ne, Dips Steeply Se Downthrown On The Southeast Side About 5 M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Empire Group

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner H. C. B. Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE VEIN WIDTH IS 135 CM., DEPTH OF OLD SHAFT IS 36.5 M. (WELLER 1952)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J.W., DESBOROUGH, G.A. AND SHAW, C.W., 1967, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT PART 3: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 413, 41 P.

  • Deposit

    WELLER, J.M., GROGAN, R.M. AND TIPPIE, F.E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 76, 147 P.

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOLMAP ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    MC GINNIS, L.D. AND BRADBURY, J.C., 1964, AEROMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE HARDIN COUNTY AREA, ILLINOIS: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 363, 12 P.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOPHYS ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; AEROMAG. SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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