Mine detail: Crystal Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.51535, -88.19253

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1842

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Structure:	A Sharp Northwest-Trending Fold In The Northeast Part Of The Mine.
Tectonic:	Gentle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By The Tw0-Mile-Wide Rock Creek Graben.

References

MRDS	W062441
DEP	10082967
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95.}{Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1931, THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDIN AND POPE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 58, 116 P.}
Reporter	Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.