Mine detail: Deardorff Mine No. 1

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Location: Hardin County, Illinois, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.51979, -88.19947
dep_id: 10082971
mrds_id: W062446
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.
Year first produced: 1941
yr_lst_prd: 1965
disc_yr: 1842
References:
  • 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.
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