Mine detail: Denton Mine

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Location: Hardin County, Illinois, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.5709, -88.22003
dep_id: 10082972
mrds_id: W062448
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
Reporter: Mason Jr., G.T., Sutphin, David M.
tectonic: Gentle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By The Tw0-Mile-Wide Rock Creek Graben.
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:: SAMPSON, I.E., AND MASTERS, J.M., 1990, DIRECTORY OF ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCERS, 1988-1989, ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ILLINOIS MINERAL NOTES 103, P. 44.
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