Mine detail: Hillside

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.43535, -88.33948

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Gypsum, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1922-1927
First production started:	1922
Last production ended:	1927

Geology

Structure:	The Mine Lies Along Hillside Vein.
Tectonic:	Gentle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By The Tw0-Mile-Wide Rock Creek Graben.

References

MRDS	W062473
DEP	10082992
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.}{Production:: BASTIN, 1931, P. 76.}
Reporter	Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.