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U.S. Gypsum Co. Shoals Mine

Producer in Martin county in Indiana, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107387
MRDS ID W032228
Record type Site
Current site name U.S. Gypsum Co. Shoals Mine
Alternate or previous names Shoals

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.75416, 38.67505 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Martin(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shoals(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bedford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vincennes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower East Fork White(hydrologic unit)

Patoka-White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Martin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 003N 003W 21 SW4 Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Ore
Gypsum Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Illite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dissolution May Remove Gypsum From Strata.

Analytical data

Result 75 TO 95% GYPSUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.75416, 38.67505
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cincinnati Arch Trends Nw-Se Throughtout North-Central Indiana.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 4.88M
    Depth to top 131.06M
    Depth to bottom 135.94M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Barrier Restricted Circulation Of Marine Water Allowing For Evapori Te Deposition In Small Embayments.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer U.S. Gypsum Co.
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Southwest Indiana Gypsum Deposit

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Gypsum Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 131.06M
    Overall length 131.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • FLOODED IN 1960 & 1965. PUMPED FOR 18 DAYS A 7500 GPM. ROOM AND P ILLAR WITH 25 FT ROOMS AND 30 FT PILLARS. ABOUT 10 ACRES/YR MINED. SHO ALS SHOULD PRODUCE FOR 150 YRS AT 1969 RATE.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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