Mine detail: Tripod Prospect

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Location: Pope County, Illinois, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.52924, -88.49782
dep_id: 10083084
mrds_id: W062593
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
work_type: Underground
model: 174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Reporter: Mason Jr., G.T., Sutphin, David M.
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.
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