Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFaulting
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena
GangueBarite, Calcite, Gypsum, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
StructureThe Mine Lies Along Hillside Vein.
Tectonic settingGentle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By The Tw0-Mile-Wide Rock Creek Graben.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1922-1927
First production1922
Last production1927
Identification
Deposit ID10082992
MRDS IDW062473
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.43535, -88.33948
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, P. 76.