Hamp Mine

Past Producer in Hardin county in Illinois, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  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 10082987
MRDS ID W062467
Record type Site
Current site name Hamp Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.37254, 37.57063 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT TWO MI WSW OF KARBERS RIDGE AND ABOUT 10 MI N OF ROSICLARE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Karbers Ridge(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 008E 18 N2 OF N2 OF NW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE VEIN CONSISTS OF CLEAN RIBBON FLUORSPAR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite 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
    Rock unit name Ste. Genevieve Limestone
    Rock description Ste. Genevieve Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.37254, 37.57063

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • A WELL DEVELOPED FISSURE TRENDING N 60 E CUTS STE. GENEVIEVE LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Captain J.W. Waggoner

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Franklin Fluorspar Co. And Later The Roger Sullivan Estate. L

Comments on the production information

  • THE FLUORSPAR WAS MILLED ON THE PROPERTY AND SHIPPED 8 MI VIA TRUCK TO THE RAILROAD SIDING AT THE STEWART MINE BY 2-TON TRUCKS THREE TIMES A DAY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings WORMACH SHAFT
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW SHAFTS.--HAMP NO. 2, HAMP NO. 1, WORMACH AND OTHER SHAFTS.

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

    BAIN, H.F., 1905, THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 255, 75 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT APPEARS TO HAVE BOTH VEIN AND BEDDED FLUORITE MINERALIZATION, BECAUSE TWO OPEN CUTSAND A 20-FT SHAFT ABOUT 1,200 FT N OF THE WORMACH SHAFT DEVELOP WHAT IS SAID TO BE A BLANKET DEPOSIT OF FLUORITE.

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.

External references