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==Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)== | ==Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)== |
Latest revision as of 16:35, December 9, 2022
Mine Index Number: 0865
Company Name: | Amax Coal Company | ||
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Mine Name: | Sun Spot Mine | ||
Start Date: | 1962 | End Date: | December 1983 |
Type of Mine: | Surface | ||
Total acres shown: | 8,883 The area shown on the accompanying map is larger than expected for the reported production. | ||
Production Indicated Acres: | 4,700 | General Area of mining acres shown: | |
Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type | County | Township-Range | Section | Part Section |
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Tipple | Fulton | 3N1 E | 4 | SW NE NE |
Geology
Thickness (ft) | |||||
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Seam | Depth (ft) | Min | Max | Ave | Mining Method |
Springfield | 22 | 4.65 | Surface |
Colchester | 40-70 | 2.0-2.43 | Surface |
Geological Problems Reported
The Colchester Coal had occasional pyrite lenses and numerous nodules. The nodules were flattened ovals, up to 3 inches across. Pyrite and calcite were present on vertical facings. Clay dikes were present, some as small as 0.1 inch wide, while others were several inches to a foot wide.
Production
Company | Mine Name | Date | Production (tons) |
Delta Coal Corporation | Sun Spot | 1962-1962 | 40,979 |
Thunderbird Collieries Corporation | Sun Spot | 1963-1966 | 2,875,877 |
Ayrshire Collieries Corporation | Sun Spot | 1967-1971 | 4,191,689 |
Amax Coal Company | Sun Spot | 1972-1983 | 10,478,068 |
Total Production: 17,586,613 |
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Source Map | Map Date | Original Scale | Digitized Scale | Map Type |
NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle | 2015 | 1:6000 | 1:6000 | Secondary source |
Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation. |
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation. |
Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems. |
National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, Ipava Quadrangle, 2015 - Mine outlines. |
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs