Parkinson Mine

Past Producer in Pope county in Illinois, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120722
MAS/MILS ID 0171510044
Record type Site
Current site name Parkinson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.42944, 37.45867 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pope(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shetlerville(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
3rd Principal 012 S 007 E 22 SENWSW Illinois

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.42944, 37.45867

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    U. S. BUMINES HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT, REPORT ON MAJOR

  • Reserve-Resource

    HYDROGEN SULFIDE SISASTER, BARNETT COMPLEX MINE,

  • Reserve-Resource

    APRIL 12, 1971.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BAIN, H. F. THE FLOURSPAR DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

  • Reserve-Resource

    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 252, 1905, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    WELLER J M ET AL ILL STATE GEOL SUR BULL 76 P 142

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARNETT SHAFT WAS SUNK BY THE OZARK-MAHONING CO. IN 1966 AND WAS CONNECTED TO THE SIXTH LEVEL OF THE PARKINSON MINE TO FORM THE BARNETT COMPLEX MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references