Mine detail: Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence

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Location: Harrison County, Indiana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.16673, -86.13608
dep_id: 10080845
mrds_id: W032226
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite
alteration: Dolomitization, Dissolution
conc_proc: Brines At Warm Temperatures (101c To 104c) Migrated Updip And Prec Ipitated.
ore_ctrl: Porosity Of Sedimentary Units
Reporter: Sutphin, David M.
hrock_unit: Blue River Group: Includes Paoli, Ste. Genevieve And St. Louis Li Mestones. Thickens To Southwest. Uncomformably Overlies Silurian
hrock_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
References:
  • SHAFFER, NELSON R., 1981, POSSIBILITY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE MI NERAL DEPOSITS IN INDIANA, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT 21 , 49 P
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