Mine detail: Sphalerite Occurrence Z76

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Location

Lat / long:

40.76113, -86.39998

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 Barri Er-Like Banks Occur Around The Basins. Smaller Reefs Dot The State. Re Ef Rocks Are Porous Dolomite. Reefs Are Associated With Mississippi-Va Lley Type Deposits Elsewhere (Shaffer, 1981)
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Cincinnati Arch-Trends Nw-Se In North-Central Indiana
Tectonic:	Atop Cincinnati Arch, A Stable Paleozoic Platform Between Subsidin G Michigan And Illinois Basins.
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization

References

MRDS	W031990
DEP	10080655
Reference	SHAFFER, NELSON R., 1981, POSSIBILITY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE MI NERAL DEPOSITS IN INDIANA, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT 21 , 49P
Reporter	Sutphin, David M.