Mine detail: Parkinson Mine

Previously called 'Parkenson Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.45868, -88.42948

Resource(N)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Cypress Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone

References

MRDSW062581
DEP10083076
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:: BAIN, H.F., 1905, THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 255, 75 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.}
ReporterSutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.