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Eureka Lead Mine

Occurrence in Hardin county in Illinois, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10082977
MRDS ID W062455
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Lead Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.18614, 37.54313 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI N OF CAVE IN ROCK.

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 23 SW OF NE OF SW Illinois

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROPERTY IS ON A PROMINENT FAULT THAT PASSES EAST OF MT. ZION CHURCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE EAST SHAFT YIELDED A LITTLE PB AND ZN ORE WHICH WAS SHIPPED. FLUORSPAR WAS FOUND ONLY IN THE WEST SHAFT AND WAS NOT ABUNDANT. GALENA WAS MODERATELY ABUNDANT, BUT SPHALERITE WAS A MINOR COMPONENT.

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.18614, 37.54313
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Peters Creek Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • PETERS CREEK FAULT TRENDS N 55 W AND DIPS TO THE NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eureka Lead Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings EAST SHAFT
    Overall depth 16.76M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings WEST SHAFT
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE EAST SHAFT HAS A CROSS CUT AT THE BOTTOM EXTENDING 28 FT TO THE NW. NO DRIFTS WERE DRIVEN ON THE WEST SHAFT.

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.

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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