Mine Index Number: 0986
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Energy Exploration, Incorporated
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| Mine Name:
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Ozark Mine
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| Start Date:
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1978
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End Date:
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November 1978
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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2
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit or tipple
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Johnson
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11S 4E
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31
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SW NE SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Reynoldsburg
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50
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2.33-2.58
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The overburden consisted of sandstone and shale. Pyrite nodules were noted in the seam, but the coal was reported to have a sulfur content less than 1.5%.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Creal Springs Quadrangle, IGQ-4
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1990
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Department of Mines & Minerals
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Undated
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Johnson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Johnson County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| Trask, C. B. and R. J. Jacobson, Geologic Map of the Creal Springs Quadrangle, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, Map IGQ-4, 1 sheet - Mine location, mine outline.
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| Bibliography
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| Department of Mines & Minerals, 7a-01-23, aerial photographic base with surface mines identified - Mine identification.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: IGQ-4
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Creal Springs Quadrangle
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| Map ID:
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IGQ-4
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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1990
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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ISGS Creal Springs IGQ Download
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| More Info:
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Igq 4
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/johnson/igq 4.zip
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Mine Map: 7a-01-23
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Department of Mines & Minerals
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| Map ID:
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7a-01-23
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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Undated
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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7a 01 23
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/johnson/c7a 01 23.zip
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Photographs
Notes
