Mine detail: Sphalerite Occurrence Z77

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Location

Lat / long: 40.47503, -86.05829

Resource(B)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Wabash, Reefs Make Up A Significant Part Of This Formation Large Barrie R-Like Banks Occur Around The Basins. Smaller Reefs Dot The State. Ree F Rocks Are Porous Dolomite. Reefs Are Associated With Mississippi-Val Ley Type Deposits Elsewhere (Shaffer, 1981)
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Cincinnati Arch, Stable Paleozoic Platform Between Subsiding Basins .
Tectonic:Atop Cincinnati Arch

References

MRDSW031989
DEP10080654
ReferenceSHAFFER, NELSON R., 1981, POSSIBILITY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE MI NERAL DEPOSITS IN INDIANA, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT 21 , 49 P
ReporterSutphin, David M.