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Rock Candy Mountain Mine, Lusk Creek Mining Sub-District, Pope County, Illinois, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Rock Candy Mountain Mine | Mine |
| Lusk Creek Mining Sub-District | Subdistrict |
| Pope County | County |
| Illinois | State |
| USA | Country |
Rock Candy Mountain Mine, Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District, USA
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 31' 45'' North , 88° 29' 56'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rosiclare | 1,082 (2017) | 17.9km |
| Golconda | 629 (2017) | 18.0km |
| Elizabethtown | 287 (2017) | 19.5km |
| Stonefort | 295 (2017) | 20.7km |
| Carrier Mills | 1,625 (2017) | 20.9km |
This property is crossed by the Lusk Creek fault zone. Locally this zone consists of a very complex system of faults produced by the junction of the southwestward continuation of the Shawneetown zone of thrust faulting and the Herod normal fault. As a result the rocks are broken into many narrow slivers which are variously displaced with respect to each other. The Rock Candy mine is one of the few which has produced fluorspar from a vein walled by Pennslyvanian sandstone. The ore from this mine is high in silica and low in galena and sphalerite (Weller et al., 1952).
The Rock Candy Mountain (mine) was a shaft mine operated by the Inland Steel Co. (Weller et al., 1952) and is currently abandoned. Coordinates are provided by Nelson et al., (2016).
The Rock Candy Mountain (mine) was a shaft mine operated by the Inland Steel Co. (Weller et al., 1952) and is currently abandoned. Coordinates are provided by Nelson et al., (2016).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| F | Fluorine | |
|---|---|---|
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Granite-Rhyolite ProvinceMagmatic Province
- Illinois BasinBasin
- Shawnee DomainDomain
USA
- Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar DistrictMining District
- Rough Creek GrabenBasin
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