Mine detail: Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence

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Location: Allen County, Indiana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.01113, -85.23605
dep_id: 10080851
mrds_id: W032234
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Dolomite
alteration: Dolomitization
conc_proc: Brines At (101c To 104c) Migrated Up Dip And Precipitated Mineral
ore_ctrl: Porosity Of Sedimentary Units
Reporter: Sutphin, David M.
hrock_unit: Muscatatuck Group, Uncomformably Overlies Silurian, Limestones Wi Th Gypsum;Wabash, Low Porosity Non-Reef Facies, Dolostone
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Cincinnati Arch Lies To Southwest, Mt. Carmel Fault-Fluorite Occurrences Form Broad Band Following Fa Ult
tectonic: Cincinnati Arch, Stable Platform, Lies Between Subsiding Michigan And Illinois Basins
References:
  • SHAFFER, NELSON R., 1981, POSSIBILITY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE MI NERAL DEPOSITS IN INDIANA, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT 21 , 49P
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