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Clement

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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10082963
MRDS ID W062435
Record type Site
Current site name Clement
Alternate or previous names Clement-Dyspeck

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.33671, 37.45201 (WGS84)

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)

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 008E 21 SW OF SW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO GALENA OR SPHALERITE WERE REPORTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite 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) -88.33671, 37.45201
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Probably Eureka Vein

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE EXPOSED VEIN STRIKES N 45-50 E AND IS NEARLY VERTICAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rosiclare Lead And Fluorspar Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • A LINEAR SERIES OF SHALLOW WORKINGS. THE PROSPECT IS ON THE ROSICLARE-HILLSIDE VEIN SYSTEM. THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALL OPEN PITS AND A SHALLOW SHAFT. THE SHAFT EXPOSES 4 FT OF VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTIN OF NARROW VEINLETS OF FLOURITE IN IRON-STAINED CLAYEY MATERIAL.

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOTH VEIN AND GRAVEL SPAR FLUORITE WERE PRESENT.

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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