Mine detail: Sphalerite Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

39.3556, -85.77913

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Sulfur
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Muscatatuck Group, Overlies Silurian Unconformably
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Cincinnati Arch Trends Nw/Se Thru North Central Indiana
Tectonic:	At Edge Of Cincinnati Arch And Illinois Basin
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization

References

MRDS	W031987
DEP	10080652
Reference	SHAFFER, NELSON R., 1981, POSSIBILITY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE MI NERAL DEPOSITS IN INDIANA, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT 21 , 49 P
Reporter	Sutphin, David M.