Rose Creek

Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266176
MAS/MILS ID 0170690006
Record type Site
Current site name Rose Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.40974, 37.57367 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardin(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Herod(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 007 E 11 S2 Illinois

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.40974, 37.57367

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 1220M
    Width 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N55E:80E
    Date of Last Modification 800402

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp., Industrial Chemicals Division
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Capacity 189
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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