| Location: | Lawrence County, Indiana, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.86533, -86.51387 |
| dep_id: | 10080848 |
| mrds_id: | W032230 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Fluorine-Fluorite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Fluorite |
| gangue: | Calcite |
| alteration: | Dolomitization And Brecciation |
| conc_proc: | Brines At Warm Temperature (101c To 104c) Migrated Updip And Preci Pitated. |
| ore_ctrl: | Porosity Of Sedimentary Rock Units |
| Reporter: | Sutphin, David M. |
| hrock_unit: | Sanders Group-Made Up Of Ramp Creek Formation (17-28 Feet Of Cherty Argi Llaceous Limestone), The Harrodsburg Limestone (30 To 120 Feet Of Lt. Brown Coarse Grained Biofragmental Limestone With Shale Partings) And The Salem Limestone (A Grey To Tan, Well Sorted Medium To Coarse Grain Ed Calcarenite With Dolomite). Salem And Harrodsburg Have Best Potenti Al For Ore Deposition (Shaffer, 1981) |
| hrock_type: | Limestone |
| Structure: | Cincinnati Arch Trends Nw/Se Thru North-Central Indiana. North Of T His Site., Mt. Carmel Fault-Fluorite Occurrences Form Broad Band Following Fa Ult |
| tectonic: | Cincinnati Arch Was A Stable Platform Between Subsiding Illinois A Nd Michigan Basins. |
| 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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