Mine detail: West Morrison Adit

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Location: Hardin County, Illinois, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.50729, -88.21059
dep_id: 10083043
mrds_id: W062538
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
Reporter: Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.
tectonic: Gen Tle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By The Tw0-Mile-Wide Rock Creek Graben.
References:
  • 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.
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