Mine detail: Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

38.16673, -86.13608

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Blue River Group: Includes Paoli, Ste. Genevieve And St. Louis Li Mestones. Thickens To Southwest. Uncomformably Overlies Silurian
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Cincinnati Arch Was Stable Nw/Se Trend Platform Between Illinois An D Michigan Basins., Mt. Carmel Fault-Fluorite Occurrences Form Broad Band Following Fa Ult.
Tectonic:	Along Serrate Edge Of Illinois Basin And Cincinnati Arch
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Dissolution

References

MRDS	W032226
DEP	10080845
Reference	SHAFFER, NELSON R., 1981, POSSIBILITY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE MI NERAL DEPOSITS IN INDIANA, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT 21 , 49 P
Reporter	Sutphin, David M.