Illinois · Hardin County
Occurrence

Oxford Pits

Hardin County, Illinois, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlReplacement
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Rosiclare Sandstone
Tectonic settingGentle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By The Tw0-Mile-Wide Rock Creek Graben.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1981
Identification
Deposit ID10083016
MRDS IDW062501
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.50618, -88.21197
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