Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlSelective Replacement Of Limestone Beds.
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Cypress Sandstone
StructureSyncline Down The Center Of The Main Mineralized Area.
Tectonic settingGentle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By The Tw0-Mile-Wide Rock Creek Graben.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10082976
MRDS IDW062453
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.5309, -88.1767
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.ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL ECONOMIC BRIEF NO. 20, P. 24.BAXTER, J.W., POTTER, E.P., AND DOYLE, F.L., 1963, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, PART 1-- SALINE MINES, CAVE I ROCK, DEKOVEN, AND REPTON QUADRANGLES; ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 342, 43 P.WELLER, J.M., GROGAN, R.M., AND TIPPIE, F.E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 76, 147 P.