Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryLead, Zinc
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Calcite, Fluorite, Galena, Quartz, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1973
Discovery year1970
Identification
Deposit ID10144872
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.42397, -88.36584
References
NOT ON MSHA 11-4-82 -- SHUTDOWNBAILIE, H., E. POWELL, W. MELCHER, AND F. J. MYSLINSKI.FLUORSPAR MINING METHODS AND COSTS, OZARK-MAHONING CO.,HARDIN COUNTY, ILL. BUMINES IC 7984, 1960, 33 PP.BRADBURY, J. C., G. C. FINGER, AND R. L. MAJOR. FLUORSPARIN ILLINOIS. ILL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 420, 1968,P. 13.FINGER, G. C., H. E. RISSER, AND J. C. BRADBURY. ILLINOISFLUORSPAR. ILL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 296, 1960,36 PP.GROGAN, R. M., AND J. C. BRADBURY. FLUORITE-ZINC-LEADDEPOSITS OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT. CH.IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BYJOHN D. RIDGE. AIME, NEW YORK, V. 1, 1ST ED., 1968,PP. 370-399.PINCKNEY, D. M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKYMINING DISTRICT. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 970,1976, 15 PP.