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Little Jean Mine

Occurrence in Pope county in Illinois, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083069
MRDS ID W062573
Record type Site
Current site name Little Jean Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.48365, 37.35424 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED SOUTH OF GOLCONDA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pope(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda(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 Pope

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
013S 007E 30 SW OF NE OF SW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ONLY MINE IN ILLINOIS THAT HAS BEEN OPERATED TO PRODUCE BARITE EXCLUSIVELY. GALENA AND FLUORITE WERE MINOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.48365, 37.35424
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN STRIKES N 70 W AND DIPS TO THE SOUTH; IT AVERAGES 1.5 FT WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1922
Production years 1918-22

Mining district

District name Illinois Fluorspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James Wardrop

Comments on the production information

  • COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF BARITE WAS REPORTED FOR 1918-22.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Name of workings WORKINGS
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD WORKINGS FOLLOWED THE VEIN WITH MUCH BARITE AND MINOR SPAR.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE VEIN WAS SAID TO HAVE PINCHED OUT IN 1922.

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

    ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL ECONOMIC BRIEF NO. 20, P. 13.

  • 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. 147.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS A VEIN BARITE 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

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