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Preen Mine (Red Tipple Mine), Interstate Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USAi
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Preen Mine (Red Tipple Mine), Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District, USA

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 27' 55'' North , 88° 22' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Rosiclare1,082 (2017)5.1km
Elizabethtown287 (2017)6.1km
Golconda629 (2017)15.0km
Cave-in-Rock318 (2011)18.1km
Burna257 (2011)24.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
168528
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:168528:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: WELLER J M ET AL ILL STATE GEOL SUR BULL 76 1952 P 145
Deposit:: ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 41
Deposit:: BASTIN, EDSON S., ILL. STATE GEOL. SURV., BULLETIN 58, 1931,
Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95.
Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1931, THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF HARDI
Commodities (Major) - Fluorine-Fluorite
Development Status: Past Producer
Deposit Model: 174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Host Rock: Limestone
Tectonic Structure: Tectonic Setting: Gentle Regional Structural Slope Northward Into Illinois Basin Is Broken By T

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Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3

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CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
FFluorine
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2

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