Mine detail: Illinois - Kentucky Fluorite District

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Location

Lat / long:

37.41673, -88.35004

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Cadmium, Silver
Ore:	Fluorspar, Sphalerite, Galena
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Other material:	Chalcopyrite, Barite, Pyrite, Marcasite, Strontianite, Smithsonite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	St. Louis Formation, Ste. Genevieve Formation, Renault Formation, Bethel Formation, Point Creek Formation, Cypress Formation, Golconda Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Sandstone,Mixed Clastic/Carbonate Rock
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Normal faults associated with horst and grabens; radial faults around Hicks Dome
Tectonic:	Cratonic Depositional Basin

References

DEP	10307221
Reference	{Deposit:: Pinckney, D.M., 1976, Mineral resources of the Illinois-Kentucky mining district: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 970, 15 p.}{Deposit:: GROGAN, R.M. AND BRADBURY J.C., 1968, FLUORITE-ZINC-LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINING DISTRICT; IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME) V. 1: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 370-399.}{Deposit:: Heyl, A.V., 1983, Geologic characteristec of three major Mississippi Valley Districts: in International Conference on Mississippi Valley type lead-zinc deposits; Kisvarsanyi, G., Grant, S.K., Pratt, W.P., and Koenig, J.W., (eds.) , University of Missouri, Rolla, p. 27-60.}{Geology:: Goldstein, A., 1997, The Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district: The Mineralogical Record, v. 28, p. 3 - 50.}
Reporter	Woodruff, Laurel G.