Mine Index 10082988 Ozark-Mahoning Company, Heavy Media Mine, Meavy Media Shaft and Mill, H. M. Mine No. 6, Oxford Shafts

Mine Index Number: 10082988

ISGS ID:		MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	170690125	MRDS ID:	W062468
Company Name:	Ozark-Mahoning Company
Mine/Site Name:	Heavy Media Mine, Meavy Media Shaft and Mill, H. M. Mine No. 6, Oxford Shafts
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	circa 1982	End Date:	Unknown
Commodity Type:	Metallic, Non-Metallic
Commodity:	Barite(Barytes), Fluorspar, Lead, Zinc
Minerals Present:	Galena, Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Type of Mine:	Underground
District:	Fluorspar District	Subdistrict:
County:	Hardin
Section/Township/Range:	26(NWSW)-11S-9E
Latitude,Longitude:	37.52313,-88.18975
Unit(s) Mined:	Lower Chesterian Series, Glen Dean Limestone, Renault Limestone
Feature(s) Mined:
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10082988
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MINED BY THE ROOM AND PILLAR METHOD.

OTHER = JOINT SYSTEM.

Year of First Production: 1939

Milling Method: Flotation

OZARK-MAHONING COMPANY IS A SUBSIDIARY OF PENNWALT CORPORATION (100%).

MILL OUTPUT VALUES HAVE BEEN ROUNDED FROM PRECISE VALUES

TOTAL IN SITU RESERVE AS OF JANUARY 1980 = 464000 MT.

RESOURCES DEPLETED ALTERNATE NAMES: H.M. MINE NO.6, H.M. MINE, OXFORD SHAFTS, HEAVY MEDIA SHAFT AND MILL, AND H.M. SHAFT.

Workings at the site
Type of workings	Underground
Overall depth	91M
Field	Value
MAS Development Schedule #	1
Mining Record #	1
Status of Mining Method	ACTUAL
Mining Method	ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
Percent Waste Rock	0
Percent Recovery	85
Hardness of Rock	HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
Rock Characteristics	MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
Rock Support Chars.	UNSUPPORTING NO SLOUGH
Mine Support Chars.	POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
Number of Shafts	10
Avg. Length of Adits (m)	90
Number of Adits	1
1st Condition of Workings	OPEN
Capacity	272
Capacity Units	MT ORE/DAY
Unit Production Cost	9.8
Units of Production	$/MT ORE
Operating Days per Year	250
Operating Shifts per Day	1
Year of Information	1981

EXACT DIP IS 2.5 DEGREES NORTHEAST.

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Mine Index:	10082988
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	Click to download Full ResolutionThese files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. File Type: Map Caption: Cave In Rock District Minerva Oil Company Date: 01/31/1964

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Mine Index:	10082988
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	Click to download Full ResolutionThese files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. File Type: Map Caption: Ozark-Mahoning Company Map of Cave-In-Rock district

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

BAILIE, H., E. POWELL, W. MELCHER, AND F. J. MYSLINSKI. FLUORSPAR MINING METHODS AND COSTS, OZARK-MAHONING CO., HARDIN COUNTY, ILL. BUMINES IC 7984, 1960, 33 PP.

BRADBURY, J. C., G. C. FINGER, AND R. L. MAJOR. FLUORSPAR IN ILLINOIS. ILL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 420, 1968, P. 13.

FINGER, G. C., H. E. RISSER, AND J. C. BRADBURY. ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR. ILL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 296, 1960, 36 PP.

GROGAN, R. M., AND J. C. BRADBURY. FLUORITE-ZINC-LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT. CH. DEPOSITS OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT. CH. JOHN D. RIDGE. AIME, NEW YORK, V. 1, 1ST ED., 1968, PP. 370-399.

PINCKNEY, D. M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 970, 1976, 15 PP.