Mine Index 10083030 Big Creek Mining Company, Simmons Mine

Mine Index Number: 10083030

ISGS ID:		MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	170690090	MRDS ID:	W062519
Company Name:	Big Creek Mining Company
Mine/Site Name:	Simmons Mine
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	circa 1973	End Date:	Unknown
Commodity Type:	Non-Metallic
Commodity:	Fluorspar
Minerals Present:	Fluorite
Type of Mine:	Surface
District:	Fluorspar District	Subdistrict:	Cave-in-Rock Subdistrict
County:	Hardin
Section/Township/Range:	35(SWSESW)-11S-9E
Latitude,Longitude:	37.51229,-88.18559
Unit(s) Mined:	Upper Valmeyeran Series, Aux Vases Sandstone, Ste. Genevieve Limestone, St. Louis Sandstone
Feature(s) Mined:
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10083030
Mindat link:

NO GALENA OR SPHALERITE WERE REPORTED.

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

THIS IS A RESIDUAL 'GRAVEL SPAR' DEPOSITS FORMED BY THE WEATHERING OF A FLUORITE VEIN.

SMALL PRODUCTION

AN OPEN PIT GRAVEL SPAR MINE.

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Mine Index:	10083030
	Company:	Ozark-Mahoning Company
	Mine Name:
	More Info:	CaveInRockFluorsparDistrict1956 OZM.jpg
	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 Cavie-In-Rock Fluorspar District Date: 10/03/1956

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.