Mine detail: Victory Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.50951, -88.20642

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1926

Geology

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

References

MRDSW062531
DEP10083038
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:: 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:: 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. 92.}
ReporterSutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.