Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence

Occurrence in Lawrence county in Indiana, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080848
MRDS ID W032230
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.51387, 38.86533 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bedford West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bedford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vincennes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower East Fork White(hydrologic unit)

Patoka-White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 005N 001W 15 NW4 OF SW4 Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization And Brecciation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Sanders Group-Made Up Of Ramp Creek Formation (17-28 Feet Of Cherty Argi Llaceous Limestone), The Harrodsburg Limestone (30 To 120 Feet Of Lt. Brown Coarse Grained Biofragmental Limestone With Shale Partings) And The Salem Limestone (A Grey To Tan, Well Sorted Medium To Coarse Grain Ed Calcarenite With Dolomite). Salem And Harrodsburg Have Best Potenti Al For Ore Deposition (Shaffer, 1981)
    Rock description Sanders Group-Made Up Of Ramp Creek Formation (17-28 Feet Of Cherty Argi Llaceous Limestone), The Harrodsburg Limestone (30 To 120 Feet Of Lt. Brown Coarse Grained Biofragmental Limestone With Shale Partings) And The Salem Limestone (A Grey To Tan, Well
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.51387, 38.86533

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cincinnati Arch Trends Nw/Se Thru North-Central Indiana. North Of T His Site.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mt. Carmel Fault-Fluorite Occurrences Form Broad Band Following Fa Ult

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porosity Of Sedimentary Rock Units

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE EXPOSURE OF FLUORITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAFFER, NELSON R., 1981, POSSIBILITY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE MI NERAL DEPOSITS IN INDIANA, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT 21 , 49 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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