Hastie's Quarry, Spar Mountain, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA

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Located in the heart of the Illinois - Kentucky fluorspar district, the Hastie family has mined the Spar Mountain area since the late 1960's. Because of the depressed price of fluorite, they sell crushed stone (Ste. Genevieve Limestone and Rosiclare Sandstone). Over the years, they have mined fluorite by removing pillars from Benzon Mining Companys operations in the 1920's and the Ozark-Mahoning Companys underground mines in the 1950's as well as small deposits missed by those companies. Today they quarry around the fluorite. As of the summer 2004, no visitors (collectors or educational groups) are permitted in the mine area.

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Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite

Fluorite Galena Goethite

Malachite Pyromorphite Smithsonite

Sphalerite

12 entries listed. 10 valid minerals.

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USA Illinois Hardin Co. Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District Cave-in-Rock Sub-District Spar Mountain Hastie's Quarry Oxford Cut (Oxford-West Morrison Cut)