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Eureka Lead Mine

Prospect in Hardin county in Illinois, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217511
MAS/MILS ID 0170690054
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Lead Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.18613, 37.54317 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saline Mines(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 Hardin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 011 S 009 E 23 SWNESW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.18613, 37.54317
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cave In Rock

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Eureka Lead Co.
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASTIN EDSON S ILL GEOL SUR BULL 58 1931 P 85

  • Deposit

    WELLER J MARVIN ET AL ILL STATE GEOL SUR BULL 76 1952 P 140

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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