| Deposit ID | 60001680 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W006925 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Rosiclare Fluorspar - Lead - Zinc District |
| Alternate or previous names | Good Hope - Fairview - Blue Diggings (Alcoa Group), Rosiclare Mine, Hillside and Eureka Group (Includes Daisy and Dimmick Mines) |
| Related records | 10242133 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.35004, 37.43337 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | THE DEPOSITS ARE LOCATED ALONG FAULTS WHICH USUALLY TAKE THE NAME OF THE MINE THEY CONTAIN. STARTING IN THE NORTHEAST AND GOING SOUTHWEST THE EUREKA FAULTS SPLIT INTO THE HILLSIDE FAULT ON THE EAST, THE DAISY FAULT IN THE MIDDLE, AND THE BLUE - DIGGINGS FAULT ON THE WEST. THE HILLSIDE FAULT RUNS NORTH - SOUTH FOR ABOUT 1.5 KM THEN THE ROSICLARE FAULT BRANCHES OFF TO THE WEST BUT TURNS A FEW DEGREES EAST OF SOUTH AS IT NEARS THE OHIO RIVER. THE DAISY FAULT JOINS THE BLUE - DIGGINGS FAULT WHICH ALSO CURVES EAST OF SOUTH NEAR THE OHIO R. THE ARGO FAULT IS PARALLEL TO, AND JUST WEST OF THE BLUE - DIGGINGS. |
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 |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Quartz | Tertiary |
| Calcium | Tertiary |
| (1) | -88.35004, 37.43337 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | HICKS DOME, ROCK CREEK GRABEN |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | NEW MADRIO FAULT ZONE, 38TH PARALLEL LINEAMENT |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Discovery year | 1839 |
| Discoverer | James Anderson (Fairview), W. Pell (Rosiclare) |
| Year of first production | 1870 |
| District name | ROSICLARE FLUORSPAR - LEAD - ZINC DISTRICT |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA (ALCOA GROUP) |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | ROSICLARE LEAD AND FLUORSPAR MINING CO. |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA (ALCOA GROUP) |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | ROSICLARE LEAD AND FLUORSPAR MINING CO. |
BAXTER, J.W., AND DESBOROUGH, G.A., 1965, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, PT. 2: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 385, 40 P.
GROGAN, R.M. AND BRADBURY, J.C., 1968, FLUORITE -ZINC - LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT: IN RIDGE, J. D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S. 1933 - 1967; AIME V. 1 P. 370 - 399
TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT: IN HUTCHESON, D. W., ED., SYMPOSIUM ON GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR, KENTUCKY GEOL. SURV. SPECIAL PUB. 22 P. 58 - 76
WELLER, J.M., GROGAN, R.M. AND TIPPIE, F.E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 76, 147 P.
MUIR, N.M.,1947, DAISY FLUORITE MINE, ROSICLARE LEAD AND FLUORSPAR MINING COMPANY, HARDIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4075, 16 P.
MC GINNIS, L.D. AND BRADBURY, J.C., 1964, AEROMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE HARDIN COUNTY AREA, ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 363, 12 P.
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