Mine detail: Hicks Dome Rare - Earth, Thorium Prospects

Previously called 'Jr. No. 1 Oil Test Well and Other ProspectsHenry Hamp'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.5334, -88.36671

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Thorium
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Apatite, Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PIPE
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated rock:	Explosion Breccia Replaced By Carbonates
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	New Madirio Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament, Hicks Dome - An Incipient Cryptovolcanic Structure

References

MRDS	W006917
DEP	10069402
Reference	{Deposit:: BROWN, J.S., EMERY, J.A., AND MEYER, P.A., JR., 1954, EXPLOSION PIPE IN TEST WELL ON HICKS DOME, HARDIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS: ECON. GEOL. V. 49 NO. 8 P. 891 - 902}{Deposit:: TRACE, R.D., 1960, SIGNIFICANCE OF UNUSUAL MINERAL OCCURRENCE AT HICKS DOME, HARDIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS: USGS PROF. PAPER 400B P. B63 - B64.}{Deposit:: 1952 GEOCHEM AMHERST COLLEGE, G.W. BAIN}{Deposit:: 1952 GEOCHEM J.W. HILL}{Deposit:: MC GINNIS, L.D., AND BRADBURY, J.C., 1964, AEROMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE HARDIN COUNTY AREA, ILLINOIS: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 363, 12 P.}{Deposit:: 1960 GEOLMAP ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BAXTER ET AL}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOPHYS ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; AEROMAG. SURVEY}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.