Mine detail: Crystal Mine

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Location: Hardin County, Illinois, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.51537, -88.19253
dep_id: 10120834
mas_id: 170690036
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)
disc_yr: 1929
References:
  • Deposit:: PHONE CONTACT 04/01/80 STATUS=CLOSED AS OF OCT 1979
  • Deposit:: WELLER M J ET AL GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF ILLINO
  • Deposit:: ILL STATE GEOL SUR BULL 76 1952 P 128
  • Deposit:: CURRIER L W USGS BULL 942 1944 P 56
  • Deposit:: US BU MINES HEALTH AND SAFETY REPT CRYSTAL MINE JAN 1 1975
  • Deposit:: EDDY W H ET AL US BU MINES RI 6953 1967
  • Deposit:: WAR MINERALS REPORT NO. 35, ILL-KY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, 1943.
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