Mine Index 10082987 Franklin Fluorspar Company/The Roger Sullivan Estate/Aluminum Ore Company And Contractors, Hamp Mine

Mine Index Number: 10082987

ISGS ID:		MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	170690062	MRDS ID:	W062467
Company Name:	Franklin Fluorspar Company, The Roger Sullivan Estate, Aluminum Ore Company And Contractors
Mine/Site Name:	Hamp Mine
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	circa 1973	End Date:	Unknown
Commodity Type:	Non-Metallic
Commodity:	Fluorspar
Minerals Present:	Galena, Calcite, Fluorite, Sphalerite
Type of Mine:	Underground
District:	Fluorspar District	Subdistrict:	Hamp Subdistrict
County:	Hardin
Section/Township/Range:	18(N2N2NW)-11S-8E
Latitude,Longitude:	37.57063,-88.37254
Unit(s) Mined:	Chesterian Series, Glen Dean Limestone, Renault Limestone, Ste. Genevieve Limestone
Feature(s) Mined:
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10082987
Mindat link:

MRDS ID #2: W006921

THE VEIN CONSISTS OF CLEAN RIBBON FLUORSPAR.

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

A WELL DEVELOPED FISSURE TRENDING N 60 E CUTS STE. GENEVIEVE LIMESTONE.

THE FLUORSPAR WAS MILLED ON THE PROPERTY AND SHIPPED 8 MI VIA TRUCK TO THE RAILROAD SIDING AT THE STEWART MINE BY 2-TON TRUCKS THREE TIMES A DAY.

Overall depth 42.67M

THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW SHAFTS.--HAMP NO. 2, HAMP NO. 1, WORMACH AND OTHER SHAFTS.

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.

BASTIN, E.S., 1931, THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 58, 116 P.

BAIN, H.F., 1905, THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 255, 75 P.

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.