Davis Syncline

Part of the Fluorspar Area Fault Complex

Location

Sections 34 and 35, T11S, R9E, Hardin County (pl. 2)

References

Brecke 1962

Description

This feature actually was named the W.L. Davis-A.L. Davis Syncline, after fluorspar mines that were developed there. Brecke provided a structure map, showing that the syncline is about 1/2 mile long and trends S60°E. Structural relief is about 55 feet (17 m), and slight closure is indicated. Brecke (1962) suggested that the syncline probably is the result of solution collapse along preexisting small faults or fractures. Structures of this type commonly are associated with bedded-replacement fluorspar deposits, but most have not been named.

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