Mine Index 60001680 Rosiclare Fluorspar - Lead - Zinc District,

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	S-T-R
	County:	Hardin
	Quadrangle:	Rosiclare
	District:	Fluorspar District
	Subdistrict:	Rosiclare Subdistrict

Mine Index Number: 60001680

ISGS ID:		MSHA ID:
MAS ID:		MRDS ID:	W006925
Company Name:	Rosiclare Fluorspar - Lead - Zinc District
Mine/Site Name:
Active/Abandoned:	Unknown
Start Date:	circa 1839	End Date:	Unknown
Commodity Type:	Metallic, Non-Metallic
Commodity:	Barite(Barytes), Calcite, Fluorspar, Iron, Lead, Quartz, Zinc
Minerals Present:
Type of Mine:	Unknown
District:	Fluorspar District	Subdistrict:	Rosiclare Subdistrict
County:	Hardin
Section/Township/Range:
Latitude,Longitude:	37.4333699999998,-88.35004
Unit(s) Mined:	Chesterian Series, Glen Dean Limestone, Renault_Limestone
Feature(s) Mined:	Eureka_Fault_Zone, Hillside_Fault, Rosiclare_Fault, Daisy_Fault, Blue_Diggings_Fault, Argo_Fault
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=60001680
Mindat link:

Discussion

This may be an entry for the whole district and not a single mine, delete?

Discovered by James Anderson, W. Pell

Controls for ore emplacement

Fault/fracture: NORMAL FAULTS; (EUREKA,HILLSIDE, ROSICLARE, DAISY, BLUE - DIGGINS AND ARGO FAULTS). STRIKE IS N. 20 - 30 DEG E. (HILLSIDE FAULT IS ALMOST NORTH - SOUTH) AND DIP IS USUALLY 70 - 80 DEG W. (BLUE - DIGGINGS FAULT DIPS 45 - 65 DEG E., DOWNTHROWN SIDE EAST). DISPLACEMENT RANGES FROM A FEW METERS TO OVER 200 M. WITH DOWNTHROWN SIDE USUALLY ON THE WEST.

Mine Data

Type	Owner
Owner	ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA (ALCOA GROUP)
Type	Owner
Owner	ROSICLARE LEAD AND FLUORSPAR MINING CO.
Type	Operator
Owner	ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA (ALCOA GROUP)
Type	Operator
Owner	ROSICLARE LEAD AND FLUORSPAR MINING CO.

References

BAXTER, J.W., AND DESBOROUGH, G.A., 1965, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, PT. 2: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 385, 40 P.

GROGAN, R.M. AND BRADBURY, J.C., 1968, FLUORITE -ZINC - LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT: IN RIDGE, J. D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S. 1933 - 1967; AIME V. 1 P. 370 - 399

TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT: IN HUTCHESON, D. W., ED., SYMPOSIUM ON GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR, KENTUCKY GEOL. SURV. SPECIAL PUB. 22 P. 58 - 76

WELLER, J.M., GROGAN, R.M. AND TIPPIE, F.E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 76, 147 P.

MUIR, N.M.,1947, DAISY FLUORITE MINE, ROSICLARE LEAD AND FLUORSPAR MINING COMPANY, HARDIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4075, 16 P.

MC GINNIS, L.D. AND BRADBURY, J.C., 1964, AEROMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE HARDIN COUNTY AREA, ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 363, 12 P.

External Links

Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) USGS Link
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=60001680