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Dutton Prospect

Occurrence 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082975
MRDS ID W062452
Record type Site
Current site name Dutton Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.23531, 37.54424 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR CADIZ.

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)

Saline(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 20 SW OF NW OF SE 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

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.23531, 37.54424
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hogthief Fault System And Fluorspar Veins Along The Northwestern Edge Of Rock Creek Graben.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rock Creek Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings PROSPECT SHAFTS
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THIN STRINGERS OF FLOURSPAR WERE FOUND IN SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFTS. SOME DIAMOND DRILLING.

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

    BAXTER, J.W., POTTER, E.P., AND DOYLE, F.L., 1963, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, PART 1--SALINE MINES, CAVE IN ROCK DEKOVEN, AND REPTON QUADRANGLES: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 342, 43 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.

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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