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Robinson Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083022
MRDS ID W062509
Record type Site
Current site name Robinson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.22309, 37.49979 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE SW SLOPE OF LEAD HILL ABOUT 4 MI NW 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

Cave-in-Rock(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)

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
012S 009E 4 SW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF CERUSSITE AND SMITHSONITE ARE PRODUCTS OF WEATHERING.

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Rosiclare Sandstone
    Rock description Rosiclare Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Fredonia Limestone
    Rock description Fredonia Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.22309, 37.49979
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE REPLACES CERTAIN BEDS OF FREDONIA LIMESTONE NOT FAR BELOW ROSICLARE SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. W. Robinson

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL OPEN PITS AND SMALL DRIFTS DEVELOP THE BLANKET DEPOSIT. ONE PIT WAS 20 FT BY 15 FT AND 30 FT DEEP AND EXPLOITED A 6-INCH WIDE FLUORITE VEIN STRIKING N 45 E AND DIPPING 80 NW.

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WATER SUPPLY WAS FROM A SPRING WHICH WAS IN TURN FED BY A SINK-HOLE LAKE.

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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