| Deposit ID | 10217888 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0170690003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Argo-Argo Fault |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.35284, 37.42697 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 125 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hardin(county)
Illinois(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rosiclare(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Illinois | Hardin |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd Principal | 013 S | 008 E | 32 | SWSWE2 | Illinois |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -88.35284, 37.42697 |
|---|
| Strike | N35E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 80W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1.1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 732M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 152M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 9HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1922 |
| District name | Rosiclare |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kentucky Fluorspar Co. |
| Home office | Illinois |
| Year | 1972 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 11247M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 163M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0170690003 |
GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILL ILL GEOL SUR BULL 7
BAXTER J W DESBOROUGH G A ILL GEOL SURVEY CIRC 385 PART 2 19
ILL STATE GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULL 41
BASTIN EDSON S THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE COU
ILL ILL STATE GEOL SURVEY BULL 58 1931 P 77
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD 010 COMMODITIES 2 AND 3 INFERRED FROM THE LISTING OF AND SPHALERITE ON RECORD 070 RECORD 040 ON ORIGINAL ENTRY THE FOLLOWING DATA WERE RECORDE DISTANCE TO LAST POINT OF COMMON CARRIER 1 KILOMETERS DISTAN TO ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY 0 KILOMETERS DISTANCE TO POWER SUPP 1 KILOMETERS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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