Mine Index 10082969 Eichorn Fluorspar Mining Company/Knight Brothers And E C Clark, D.C. Baker Mine

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	S-T-R	11(SWNWSE)-12S-6E
	County:	Pope
	Quadrangle:	Waltersburg
	District:	Fluorspar District
	Subdistrict:	Stewart Subdistrict

Mine Index Number: 10082969

ISGS ID:		MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	170690014	MRDS ID:	W062444
Company Name:	Eichorn Fluorspar Mining Company, Knight Brothers And E C Clark
Mine/Site Name:	D.C. Baker Mine
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	circa 1973	End Date:	Unknown
Commodity Type:	Non-Metallic
Commodity:	Fluorspar
Minerals Present:	Fluorite
Type of Mine:	Underground
District:	Fluorspar District	Subdistrict:	Stewart Subdistrict
County:	Pope
Section/Township/Range:	11(SWNWSE)-12S-6E
Latitude,Longitude:	37.48785,-88.5150399999999
Unit(s) Mined:	Caseyville Formation
Feature(s) Mined:
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10082969
Mindat link:

Discussion

Faulting present

Mineral occurrence model information
Model code	174
USGS model code	26b
Deposit model name	Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

THE VEIN TRENDS N 55 E.

SMALL PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Overall depth 30.48M

OLD WORKINGS RANGE TO 100 FT DEEP.

References

U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95.

WELLER, J.M., GROGAN, R.M., AND TIPPIE, F.E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 76, 147 P.

WELLER AND OTHERS, 1952, P. 141.

BASTIN EDSON S THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE COUNTY

ILL ILL STATE GEOL SURVEY BULL 58 1931 P 83

WELLER M J ET AL GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS

ILL GEOL SURVEY BULL 76 1952 P 141

External Links

Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) USGS Link
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10082969 Also referenced as 110241663