Mine Index Number: 0928
| Company Name:
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Pipestone Creek Mining
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| Mine Name:
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Denmark Mine
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| Start Date:
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1971
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End Date:
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1991
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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4,279
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Tipple
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Perry
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6S 4W
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33
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NE SW NE
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| Pit
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Perry
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6S 4W
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20-29, 33-35
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Geology
| Herrin
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33-46
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5.5-5.75
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Surface
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| Springfield
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57-79
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4.0-4.67
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
A variety of structural features were noted. An asymmetrical syncline, with a steep east flank and a very gentle west flank, was noted in one pit. A bedding plane fault was observed in the Herrin Coal, as well as other shear planes and slickensided surfaces. The Springfield Coal had a zone of reverse faults, with up to 2 feet of displacement. A dark gray shale overlay the Herrin Coal. The Herrin Coal had shale layers up to 1 inch thick, and kaolinite, pyrite and calcite on cleat facings. The Herrin Coal also had local pyrite veins up to ½ inch thick. The black shale above the Springfield Coal ranged up to 5 feet in places, but varied substantially. Two clay dikes were seen in the Springfield Coal. The Springfield Coal had abundant calcite and pyrite on cleat faces. At least 11 small mines were stripped out in SW 22-T6S-R4W (seven mines) and 26-T6S-R4W, including Carter Mine (mine index 4422), Main Mine (mine index 4423), Glass Mine (mine index 4426) and Quillman Mine (mine index 7269).
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 43,357,380
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| IDNR web site, permit viewer
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Secondary source
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| USGS digital orthophoto map
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2004
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, geologic problems.
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| IDNR web site, Permit Viewer - Mine outlines, pit locations.
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| USGS topographic maps, digital orthophoto and aerial photographs - Mine outlines.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 6-405 a-f - Verify pit identification.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 6-405 c - Tipple location (identified, and added from digital orthophoto map).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
