Mine detail: Sphalerite Occurrence Z70

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Location

Lat / long:

39.01255, -86.54998

Resource(B)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Sanders Group, Overlies Borden Group, Consists Of Ramp Creek Formation (17-28 Feet Of Cherty Argillaceous Limestone), The Harrodsburg Limesto Ne (30-120 Feet Of Lt. Brown, Coarse Grained Biofragmental Limestone W Ith Thin Shale Partings) And The Salem Limestone (A Grey To Tan, Well Sorted, Medium To Coarse-Grained Calcarenite With Dolomite). Salem And Harrodsburg Have Best Potential For Ore Deposition (Shaffer, 1981)
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Cincinnati Arch: Trends Nw/Se Thru North-Central Indiana
Tectonic:	Cincinnati Arch Was A Stable Platform Between Michigan And Illinoi S Basins.

References

MRDS	W031988
DEP	10080653
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.