Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formBLANKET
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite
Geology
StructureA Sharp Northwest-Trending Fold In The Northeast Part Of The Mine.
Tectonic settingGentle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By The Tw0-Mile-Wide Rock Creek Graben.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1842
Identification
Deposit ID10082967
MRDS IDW062441
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.51535, -88.19253
References
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.BASTIN, E.S., 1931, THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 58, 116 P.