Mine Index 10083055 Big Joe Prospect

Mine Index Number: 10083055

ISGS ID:		MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	171510005	MRDS ID:	W062555
Company Name:
Mine/Site Name:	Big Joe Prospect
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	circa 1973	End Date:	Unknown
Commodity Type:	Non-Metallic
Commodity:	Fluorspar
Minerals Present:	Galena, Fluorite
Type of Mine:	Prospect, Surface, Occurrence
District:	Fluorspar District	Subdistrict:	Empire Subdistrict
County:	Pope
Section/Township/Range:	27(NWSENW)-11S-7E
Latitude,Longitude:	37.54424,-88.43671
Unit(s) Mined:	Caseyville Formation, Cypress Sandstone
Feature(s) Mined:
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10083055
Mindat link:

THE OLD PROSPECT WORKINGS ARE SITUATED ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE VALLEY OF BIG GRAND PIERRE CREEK, NEAR EICHORN.

GALENA WAS OF MODERATE ABUNDANCE, BUT SPHALERITE WAS NOT SEEN.

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

THE VEIN TRENDS N 20 E. AND AVERAGES SIX INCHES IN WIDTH.

SEVERAL HILLSIDE PITS EXPOSE A NEARLY VERTICAL VEIN OF FLUORITE AS WIDE AS SIX TO EIGHT INCHES WHICH STRIKES N 20 E.

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.

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