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Douglas Mine

Past Producer in Pope 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083059
MRDS ID W062561
Record type Site
Current site name Douglas Mine
Alternate or previous names Douglas Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.42365, 37.51924 (WGS84)
Relative position ON SYCAMORE VEIN, ABOUT 7.5 MILES NW OF ROSICLARE, NEAR EICHORN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pope(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Herod(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 Pope

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
011S 007E 34 CENTER Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME OF THE CALCITE AND FLUORITE HAVE CLEARLY BEEN DEPOSITED BY REPLACEMENT. GALENA AND SPHALERITE WERE MINOR MINERALS.

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.42365, 37.51924
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sycamore Vein

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Replacement

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAY QUARTZ IS AN OCCASIONAL ACCOMPANIEMENT TO FLUORSPAR IN VUGS. SYCAMORE VEIN TRENDS N 65 E AND DIPS TO THE SOUTHEAST. IT AVERAGES 2.5 TO 3 FT THICK

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 Yingling Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION. MUCH SHALLOW MINING WAS DONE, SOME WITH DRAGLINE NORTH OF SYCAMORE VEIN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings SHAFTS
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS AND OPEN PITS ARE ALIGNED IN A DIRECTION N 42 E WHICH MAY REPRESENT THE APPROXIMATE TREND OF THE VEIN.

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.

  • Production

    WELLER AND OTHERS, 1952, P. 137.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESIDUAL 'GRAVEL SPAR' AND REPLACEMENT MINERALIZATION OCCUR IN THE VEIN DEPOSIT.

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

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