Mine detail: Deardorff Mine No. 1

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.51979, -88.19947

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite
Discovery year: 1842

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1941
Last production ended: 1965

Geology

References

MRDSW062446
DEP10082971
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:: TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR, FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 9TH, PROCEEDINGS: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUBLICATION SERIES 10, NO. 22, P. 58-76.}
ReporterSutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.