Alcoa Shaft Fluorspar Mine, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District, Livingston County, Kentucky, USAi
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Alcoa Shaft Fluorspar Mine | Mine |
Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District | Mining District |
Livingston County | County |
Kentucky | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 22' 60'' North , 88° 22' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Rosiclare | 1,082 (2017) | 4.8km |
Elizabethtown | 287 (2017) | 8.8km |
Golconda | 629 (2017) | 10.7km |
Burna | 257 (2011) | 15.3km |
Salem | 739 (2017) | 17.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
142204
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:142204:0
GUID (UUID V4):
e1b86375-c968-4140-8155-c23b1576522e
REF:Deposit:: TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOL. SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22 P. 69
Deposit:: AMOS, D.H., 1965, GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF THE SHETLERVILLE AND ROSICLARE QUADRANGLES, KENTUCK
Commodities (Major) - Barium-Barite, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Downeys Bluff, Renault Or Ste Genevieve Formation Limestones, Ste Genevieve, St Louis And Other LS, Shales & SS
Structure: New Madrio Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament, Rock Creek Graben
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
Group 3 - Halides | |||
ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10069400 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Illinois BasinBasin
- Shawnee DomainDomain
USA
- Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar DistrictMining District
- Rough Creek GrabenBasin
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