Indiana

Hardin County, Illinois, United States

Fluorine-Fluorite

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite

Commodity typeNonmetallic

Deposit

Model174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Deposit sizeY

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Materials

Ore mineralsFluorite, Galena

GangueCalcite

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

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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.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.BASTIN, 1931, P. 82.

Identification

Deposit ID10082995

MRDS IDW062477

Alternate namesRogertown and Hillside No. 2 Mine

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates37.45757, -88.3706