Mine Index 10082994 Hoeb Mining Company, Hoeb Mine

Mine Index Number: 10082994

ISGS ID:		MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	170690018	MRDS ID:	W062475
Company Name:	Hoeb Mining Company
Mine/Site Name:	Hoeb Mine
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	circa 1973	End Date:	Unknown
Commodity Type:	Non-Metallic
Commodity:	Fluorspar
Minerals Present:
Type of Mine:	Unknown
District:	Fluorspar District	Subdistrict:	Goose Creek Subdistrict
County:	Hardin
Section/Township/Range:	17(SE)-11S-9E
Latitude,Longitude:	37.5581299999998,-88.2322499999998
Unit(s) Mined:	Upper Chesterian Series, Grove Church Shale, Tar Springs Sandstone
Feature(s) Mined:	Goose_Creek_Fault_Zone, Rock_Creek_Graben
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10082994
Mindat link:

Faulting present

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

Geologic structures: Goose Creek Fault System And Goose Creek-Hoeb-Greene Fluorspar Vein Along The Northwestern Edge Of Rock Creek Graben.

THE OREBODY IS REACHED BY VERTICAL SHAFTS ABOUT 300 FEET DEEP.

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.

BAXTER, J.W., POTTER, E.P., AND DOYLE, F.L., 1963, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, PART 1--SALINE MINES, CAVE IN ROCK DEKOVEN, AND REPTON QUADRANGLES: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 342, 43 P.