Mine detail: Eureka Lead Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.54313, -88.18614

Resource(B)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Structure:Peters Creek Fault

References

MRDSW062455
DEP10082977
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.}{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.}
ReporterSutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.