Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlSelective Replacement Of Limestone Beds.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite, Sphalerite
Geology
StructureCollapse Structures Formed During Mineralization.
Tectonic settingGentle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By The Tw0-Mile-Wide Rock Creek Graben.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10083011
MRDS IDW062495
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.54257, -88.15892
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.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.