Mine Index 10083038 Victory Fluorspar Mining Company/Allied Chemical Corporation, Victory Mine

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	S-T-R	3(NWNW)-12S-9E
	County:	Hardin
	Quadrangle:	Saline Mines
	District:	Fluorspar District
	Subdistrict:	Cave-in-Rock Subdistrict

Mine Index Number: 10083038

ISGS ID:		MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	170690145	MRDS ID:	W062531
Company Name:	Allied Chemical Corporation, Victory Fluorspar Mining Company
Mine/Site Name:	Victory Mine
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	circa 1979	End Date:	Unknown
Commodity Type:	Metallic, Non-Metallic
Commodity:	Fluorspar, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Minerals Present:	Calcite, Fluorite
Type of Mine:	Surface, Underground
District:	Fluorspar District	Subdistrict:	Cave-in-Rock Subdistrict
County:	Hardin
Section/Township/Range:	3(NWNW)-12S-9E
Latitude,Longitude:	37.5095099999998,-88.2064199999998
Unit(s) Mined:	Bethel Sandstone, Upper Valmeyeran Series, Aux Vases Sandstone, Ste. Genevieve Limestone, St. Louis Limestone
Feature(s) Mined:
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10083038
Mindat link:

Discussion

Controls for ore emplacement: Selective Replacement Of Limestone Beds.

Ore body information: BLANKET

Workings at the site
Type of workings	Surface/Underground
Name of workings	DRIFTS
Length	914.4M
Type of workings	Surface/Underground
Name of workings	SHAFT
Overall depth	48.77M

BAXTER AND OTHERS (1963) SHOWS A SHAFT AND A PIT AT THIS SITE.

BEDDED FLUORITE DEPOSITS FORM PRIMARILY FROM SELECTIVE REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE BEDS. EXTENSIVE DIAMOND DRILLING HAS LOCATED LARGE QUANTITIES OF FLUORITE IN A BLANKET 10 TO 17 FT THICK IN ONE PLACE BUT ELSEWHERE IT CONSISTS OF TWO LAYERS SEPARATED BY SEVERAL FEET OF LIMESTONE.

Year of First Production: 1926

Mine Data/Information

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Mine Index:	10083038
	Company:	Minerva Oil Company
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	More Info:	CaveInRock MIN PropertyDrillHole.jpg
	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:	10083038
	Company:
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	More Info:	CaveInRockFluorsparDistrict 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 Cave-In-Rock district

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Mine Index:	10083038
	Company:	Ozark-Mahoning Company
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	More Info:	CaveInRockPlanDrill.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 Cave-in-Rock Fluorspar District Date: 04/28/1980

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Mine Index:	10083038
	Company:	Mahoning Mining Company
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	More Info:	CaveInRockPlanDrillOriginal.jpg
	Click to download Full ResolutionThese files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. File Type: Map Caption: Mahoning Ming Company Map of Cave-in-Rock Fluorspar District

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Mine Index:	10083038
	Company:
	Mine Name:
	More Info:	HardinCounty OZM GeoDrillMap.jpg
	Click to download Full ResolutionThese files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. File Type: Map Caption: Map showing Stratigraphic Position of Mineralized rocks in Mines and test borings. Mahoning Mining Company Property and vicinity. (ISGS Map) Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey Date: 1945

References

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.

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

BASTIN, 1931, P. 92.

DIRECTORY OF ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCERS 1974 IMN-64 PAGE 71

External Links

Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) USGS Link
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10083038 Also referenced as 10144878