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Baker 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082958
MRDS ID W062429
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Mine
Alternate or previous names Eichorn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.40282, 37.47979 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT FIVE MILES NW OF ROSICLARE, ON STEWART FAULT ZONE.

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 14 NE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF ORE ON THE DUMP ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE AT THE STEWART MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.40282, 37.47979
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Stewart Fault Zone

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN AVERAGES TWO FT IN WIDTH. AND TRENDS N 20-30 E DIPPING TO THE SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1923

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Golconda Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eichorn Fluorspar Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • APPARENTLY, PRODUCTION WAS SMALL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings BAKER MINE SHAFT
    Overall depth 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTING WAS DONE ON THE 200-FT LEVEL AND CROSS CUTS RUN ON BOTH THE 100-FT AND 200-FT LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: IN 1926 KNIGHT BROTHERS AND E.C. CLARK LEASED THE MINE AND PUMPED IT OUT TO THE 100-FT LEVEL, BUT MINING WAS NOT RESUMED.

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

    BASTIN, 1931, P. 84; WELLER AND OTHERS, 1952, P. 142.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME RESIDUAL GRAVEL SPAR WAS FOUND.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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