Mine detail: Pierce Mine

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Location: Pope County, Illinois, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.52313, -88.42226
dep_id: 10083077
mrds_id: W062582
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
work_type: Surface
model: 174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
ore_ctrl: Faulting
Reporter: Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.
Structure: Pierce Vein
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:: 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. 137.
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