Mine Index 10083017 Alco Lead Company, Patrick Mine,Alco Mine

Mine Index Number: 10083017

ISGS ID:		MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	170690076	MRDS ID:	W062502
Company Name:	Alco Lead Company
Mine/Site Name:	Patrick Mine, Alco Mine
Active/Abandoned:	Unknown
Start Date:	Unknown	End Date:	Unknown
Commodity Type:	Metallic, Non-Metallic
Commodity:	Fluorspar, Lead, Zinc
Minerals Present:	Galena, Fluorite, Sphalerite, Cerussite, Smithsonite
Type of Mine:	Surface
District:	Fluorspar District	Subdistrict:	Tower Rock Area
County:	Hardin
Section/Township/Range:	16(SWNWNW)-12S-9E
Latitude,Longitude:	37.47813,-88.2272499999998
Unit(s) Mined:	Valmeyeran Series, Aux Vases, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis Limestone
Feature(s) Mined:
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10083017
Mindat link:

NEAR CAVE IN ROCK, ABOUT 0.9 MI SE OF PETERS CREEK SCHOOL.

Selective Replacement Of Limestone Beds.

Overall depth 12.19M

THE ORE BODY TRENDS N 40 W.

THE DEPOSIT WAS WORKED IN LARGE OPEN PITS WITH POWER MACHINERY.

BEDDED FLUORITE DEPOSITS FORM PRIMARILY FORM SELECTIVE REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE BEDS. SOME GRAVEL SPAR WAS REPORTED.

BAXTER AND OTHERS (1963) IDENTIFIES THIS SITE AS THE PATRICK MINE IN THE TEXT AND THE ALCO MINE ON THE GEOLOGIC MAP.

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 I ROCK, DEKOVEN, AND REPTON QUADRANGLES; ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 342, 43 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.