Tower Rock Fault

Part of the Fluorspar Area Fault Complex

Location

SE Section 17, T12S, R9E, Hardin County (pl. 2)

References

Baxter et al. 1963

Description

The Tower Rock is a little fault that strikes N20° to 30°E and has unspecified displacement. It was indicated by breccia, silicification, and mineralization observed in prospect pits. No other faults are known in the immediate vicinity.

Figure(s)

Figure 34   Structure of top of the Springfield Coal Member in the central part of Eagle Valley Syncline. Contour interval is 5O feet inside coal outcrop and 100 feet elsewhere (Nelson and Lumm 1987). Plate 2   Fluorspar Area Fault Complex and Shawneetown Fault Zone