| Deposit ID | 10290431 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0170690002 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Diggings-Mine and Fault |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.35284, 37.42617 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 119 |
| 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 | 05 | NWNWN2 | 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, 37.42617 |
|---|
| Strike | N40E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 65E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 0.9M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 1097M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 213M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 24HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| 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 | 12710M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 347M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0170690002 |
GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILL ILL GEOL SUR BULL 7
BAXTER J W AND DESBOROUGH G A ILL GEOL SUR CIRC 385 PART 2
ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULL 41
BASTIN EDSON S FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE COUNTIE
ILL ILL STATE GEOL SUR BULL 58 1931 P 76
HOLLENBECK, R. P. FLUORSPAR IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.
BUMINES IC 8339, 1967, P. 33.
PHONE CONVERSATION (PMT) WITH GILL MONTGOMERY, A GEOLOGIST -
CONSULTANT FOR FLUORSPAR PRODUCERS IN THE ILL. AREA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD 010 COMMODITIES 2 AND 3 INFERRED FROM THE LISTING OF AND SPHALERITE ON RECORD 070 RECORD 060 MINERALIZATION IN THE ST LOUIS AND ST GENEVIEVE F TIONS 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 RECORD 151 47.4 MILLFEED SHIPPED AS CONCENTRATES IC 8339 GIVES INDICATION THAT THE MINE IS MINED OUT AS OF 1967. GILL MONTGOMERY STATED THAT THE MINE IS FLOODED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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