Pittsburg Mine

Past Producer in Pope county in Illinois, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266185
MAS/MILS ID 0171510027
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburg Mine
Alternate or previous names Clay Diggings

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.54584, 37.47427 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pope(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waltersburg(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 006 E 16 NWNESE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.54584, 37.47427

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Barnett Wardrop And Ragsdale
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLER J M ET AL ILL STATE GEOL SUR BULL 76 P 132 141

  • Deposit

    BAIN H FOSTER USGS BULL 255 1905 P 58

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Mishra, C.P. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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