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Knight Mine

Past Producer in Hardin county in Illinois, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083003
MRDS ID W062486
Record type Site
Current site name Knight Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.36587, 37.42396 (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 31 SW OF SE OF NE Illinois

Commodities

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

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.36587, 37.42396
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Knight, A. D. And E. A.
    Home office Rosiclare

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED BY SHRINKAGE METHODS. THE KNIGHT MINE DEVELOPS A SW EXTENSION OF THE EMPIRE VEIN. IN 1926 A VERTICAL SHAFT 60 FT DEEP WAS SUNK JUST TO THE WEST OF THE VEIN. FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT A CROSS CUT WAS DRIVEN INTO THE VEIN. DEVELOPMENT REVEALED FLUORSPAR 2.4 TO 4 FT WIDE.

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.

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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