Mine detail: Hill-Ledford Mine

Previously called 'Hill MineHill Ledford Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.52785, -88.16336

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1948

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1973
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Tectonic:

Gentle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By The Tw0-Mile-Wide Rock Creek Graben.

References

MRDS	W062471
DEP	10106420
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:: BAXTER, J.W., POTTER, E.P., AND DOYLE, F.L., 1963, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, PART 1-- SALINE MINES, CAVE I ROCK, DEKOVEN, AND REPTON QUADRANGLES; ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 342, 43 P.}
Reporter	Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.