Mine detail: East Green Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.5309, -88.1767

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Cypress Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Syncline Down The Center Of The Main Mineralized Area.
Tectonic:	Gentle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By The Tw0-Mile-Wide Rock Creek Graben.

References

MRDS	W062453
DEP	10082976
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:: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL ECONOMIC BRIEF NO. 20, P. 24.}{Deposit:: BAXTER, J.W., POTTER, E.P., AND DOYLE, F.L., 1963, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, PART 1-- SALINE MINES, CAVE I ROCK, DEKOVEN, AND REPTON QUADRANGLES; ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 342, 43 P.}{Deposit:: WELLER, J.M., GROGAN, R.M., AND TIPPIE, F.E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 76, 147 P.}
Reporter	Mason Jr., G.T., Sutphin, David M.