Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlFaulting
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite
Geology
StructureDaisy Mine Is On The Daisy Veinand Is Probably On The Blue Diggins Vein At Least On The 412- And 500-Foot Levels.
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 year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10082970
MRDS IDW062445
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.43535, -88.34615
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.BASTIN, 1931.