Mine Index 10106426 Rogers Mine, Rogers' Mine

Mine Index Number: 10106426

ISGS ID:		MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	170690084	MRDS ID:	W062510
Company Name:
Mine/Site Name:	Rogers Mine, Rogers' Mine
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	circa 1973	End Date:	Unknown
Commodity Type:	Non-Metallic
Commodity:	Fluorspar
Minerals Present:	Fluorite
Type of Mine:	Unknown
District:	Fluorspar District	Subdistrict:	Cave-in-Rock Subdistrict
County:	Hardin
Section/Township/Range:	13(NESWNE)-12S-9E
Latitude,Longitude:	37.4759,-88.1594699999998
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=10106426
Mindat link:

NO GALENA OR SPHALERITE WERE REPORTED.

Ore body information: BLANKET Controls for ore emplacement: Selective Replacement Of Limestone Beds.

THE OREBODY TRENDS N 55 E AND AVERAGES 2.5 FT THICK.

Overall depth 11.58M

THIS SITE IS PROBABLY A CONTINUATION OF THE WINN ORE BODY.

BEDDED FLUORITE DEPOSITS FORM PRIMARILY FORM SELECTIVE REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE BEDS. GRAVEL SPAR IS REPORTED AT THIS SITE.

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.