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Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence

Occurrence in Harrison county in Indiana, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080845
MRDS ID W032226
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.13608, 38.16673 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harrison(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corydon West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jasper(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vincennes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue-Sinking(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio-Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Harrison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 004S 003E 13 SW4 OF NE4 Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, Dissolution

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Blue River Group: Includes Paoli, Ste. Genevieve And St. Louis Li Mestones. Thickens To Southwest. Uncomformably Overlies Silurian
    Rock description Blue River Group: Includes Paoli, Ste. Genevieve And St. Louis Li Mestones. Thickens To Southwest. Uncomformably Overlies Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.13608, 38.16673
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cincinnati Arch Was Stable Nw/Se Trend Platform Between Illinois An D Michigan Basins.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mt. Carmel Fault-Fluorite Occurrences Form Broad Band Following Fa Ult.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porosity Of Sedimentary Units

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blue River Group Outcrop Area

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

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