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Deardorff Mine No. 1

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082971
MRDS ID W062446
Record type Site
Current site name Deardorff Mine No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.19947, 37.51979 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saline Mines(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 Hardin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
011S 009E 34 SW OF NE OF N2 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.19947, 37.51979
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1842
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED UNDERGROUND VIA A SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: COARSE QUARTZ IS SO ABUNDANT AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE DEARDORF MINE THAT IT PREVENTS PROFITABLE MINING.

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

    TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR, FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 9TH, PROCEEDINGS: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUBLICATION SERIES 10, NO. 22, P. 58-76.

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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