Illinois · Pope County
Occurrence

Big Joe Prospect

Pope County, Illinois, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Deposit sizeU
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite, Galena
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Cypress Sandstone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10083055
MRDS IDW062555
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.54424, -88.43671
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.