Mine detail: Oxford Pits

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.50618, -88.21197

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1981

Geology

Host rock:	Rosiclare Sandstone
Host type:	Limestone
Tectonic:	Gentle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By The Tw0-Mile-Wide Rock Creek Graben.

References

MRDS	W062501
DEP	10083016
Reference	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
Reporter	Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.