Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlLimestone Beds Provided Sites Of Replacement, Usually With Sandstone Or Shale Immediately Above
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Fluorite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Mafic Dikes, Sills And Breccias
StructureNew Madrio Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament, Rock Creek Graben
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10069400
MRDS IDW006915
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.3834, -88.36671
References
TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22 P. 69AMOS, D.H., 1965, GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF THE SHETLERVILLE AND ROSICLARE QUADRANGLES, KENTUCKY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-400.AMOS, D.H., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLCONDA QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY - ILLINOIS, AND A PART OF THE BROWNFIELD QUADRANGLE IN KENTUCKY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-546.1920 GEOLMAP WELLER, S.1965 GEOLMAP AMOS, D.H.1966 GEOLMAP AMOS, D.H.