Illinois · Hardin County
Producer

Hamp Fluorspar Mine Group

Hardin County, Illinois, United States
Fluorine-FluoriteLeadZinc
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Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLINEAR, TABULAR
Ore controlHamp Fault And Associated Cross Faults. The Hamp Fault Is An Arcuate Structure On The North And Northeast Flanks Of Hicks Dome. At Its Western End Downthrow Is To The North But This Reverses In The East Part.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Limestones
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock · Mafic Dikes And Breccias
StructureNew Madrio Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament, Hicks Dome
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10110433
MRDS IDW006921
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.56674, -88.37504
References
BAXTER, J. W., DESBOROUGH, G. A. AND SHAW, C. W., 1967, AREALGEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT PART 3: ILL. STATE GEOL. SURV. CIRC.413, 41 P.BAXTER, J. W. AND DESBOROUGH, G. A., 1965, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT PART 2: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 385, 40 P.WELLER,J. M., GROGAN, R. M. AND TIPPIE, F. E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITSOF ILLINOIS: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 76, 147 P.1942 GEOLMAP ILL. STATEGEOLOGICAL SURVEY, J. M. WELLERMC GINNIS, L. D. AND BRADBURY, J. C., 1964, AEROMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE HARDIN COUNTY AREA, ILLINOIS: ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 363, 12 P.1960 GEOLMAP ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1964 GEOPHYS ILL. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; AEROMAG. SURVEY