Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlFaulting, Some Residual Fluorite 'Gravel Spar' Is Present.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Ste. Genevieve Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10083078
MRDS IDW062584
Alternate namesHutchinson Mine, Rainey Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.54257, -88.42004
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.BAIN, H.F., 1905, THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 255, 75 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.