Mine detail: Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long: 38.86533, -86.51387

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock: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)
Host 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.
Alteration processes:Dolomitization And Brecciation

References

MRDSW032230
DEP10080848
ReferenceSHAFFER, NELSON R., 1981, POSSIBILITY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE MI NERAL DEPOSITS IN INDIANA, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT 21 , 49 P
ReporterSutphin, David M.