Mine detail: Charles Crabb Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.50896, -88.41837

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:*ara Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Bethel Sandstone
Associated type:Sandstone
Alteration processes:Weathering Of Limestone To Form A Gravel Spar Deposit.

References

MRDSW062556
DEP10083056
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.}{Production:: WELLER AND OTHERS, 1952, P. 136.}
ReporterSutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.