Mine Index 10083076 Parkinson Mine, Parkenson Mine

Mine Index Number: 10083076

ISGS ID:		MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	171510044	MRDS ID:	W062581
Company Name:
Mine/Site Name:	Parkinson Mine, Parkenson Mine
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	Unknown	End Date:	Unknown
Commodity Type:	Non-Metallic
Commodity:	Barite(Barytes), Fluorspar
Minerals Present:	Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Sphalerite
Type of Mine:	Underground
District:	Fluorspar District	Subdistrict:	Stewart Subdistrict
County:	Pope
Section/Township/Range:	22(SENWSW)-12S-7E
Latitude,Longitude:	37.45868,-88.4294799999998
Unit(s) Mined:	Lower Chesterian Series, Glen Dean Limestone, Cypress Sandstone, Renault Limestone
Feature(s) Mined:
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10083076
Mindat link:

Faulting present

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

THE VEIN AVERAGED 6 INCHES WIDE.

Overall depth 9.14M

AN OLD SHAFT AND OPEN CUT BARITE WAS THE ONLY MINERAL OBSERVED BY WELLER AND OTHERS (1952).

BARNETT SHAFT WAS SUNK BY THE OZARK-MAHONING CO. IN 1966 AND WAS CONNECTED TO THE SIXTH LEVEL OF THE PARKINSON MINE TO FORM THE BARNETT COMPLEX MINE.

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.

BAIN, H.F., 1905, THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 255, 75 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.

U. S. BUMINES HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT, REPORT ON MAJOR HYDROGEN SULFIDE DISASTER, BARNETT COMPLEX MINE, APRIL 12, 1971.