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Pell Mine

Past Producer in Hardin county in Illinois, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083018
MRDS ID W062504
Record type Site
Current site name Pell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.39087, 37.48285 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES NW OF ROSICLARE, NEAR EICHORN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shetlerville(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)

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
012S 007E 24 N2 OF NE OF NW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA WAS MODERTELY ABUNDANT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.39087, 37.48285
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN AVERAGES 4 FT IN WIDTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cave In Rock Spar Co.

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT SMALL PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings PELL MINE SHAFT
    Overall depth 28.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SHAFT DEVELOPS A VEIN THAT APPEARS TO STRIKE N 25-30 E AND DIPS 85 SE. THE RUINS OF AN OLD MINE ADJOIN THE SHAFT. THERE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE SHALLOW PROSPECTING AND MINING. THE MINE WAS WORKED AS AN OPEN PIT WITH A DRAGLINE.

Comments on development

  • IN OCT 1928 THE MINE HAD BEEN REOPENED TO DEVELOP PORTIONS OF THE VEIN LYING NORTHEAST OF THE OLD WORKINGS. ; ECON.COM: IN 1928 A SMALL STOCK PILE CONTAINED SEVERAL TON OF ORE APPARENTLY PICKED FOR ITS HIGH GALENA CONTENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95.

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, E.S., 1931, THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 58, 116 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    LER AND OTHERS, 1952, P. 143.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1996 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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