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Hillside

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. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082992
MRDS ID W062473
Record type Site
Current site name Hillside

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.33948, 37.43535 (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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Hardin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
012S 008E 32 NE OF N2 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.33948, 37.43535
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Mine Lies Along Hillside Vein.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1922
Year of last production 1927
Production years 1922-1927

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hillside Fluorspar Mines Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1927
    Period 1922-27
    Material LUMP SPAR
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^98 Percent Caf2.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 98wt-pct
  • Year 1927
    Period 1922-27
    Material LEAD CONS.
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^65 Percent Pband 5 Oz/St Ag.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Silver Silver 141g/mt
    Conc. Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 65wt-pct
  • Year 1927
    Period 1922-27
    Material GRAVEL SPAR
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^85 Percent Caf2 And Less Than 5 Percent Sio2.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 85wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings HILLSIDE MINE SHAFT
    Overall depth 158.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS IN THE SHAFT WERE AT THE 170, 250, 350, AND 450 FT LEVELS. THE 350 LEVEL IS THE LONGEST AND RUNS FOR 1,600 FT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: IN 1926, THE HILLSIDE MINE WAS THE LARGEST PRODUCING MINE IN THE REGION AND WAS THE ONLY LARGE VEIN MINE ACCESSIBLE FOR STUDY.

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.

  • Production

    BASTIN, 1931, P. 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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