Mine detail: Sphalerite and Fluorite Occurrence Z79

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Location

Lat / long:

41.04169, -85.21383

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Sulfur
Ore:	Fluorite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Muscatatuck Group, Unconformably Overlies Silurian.;Wabash-Low Porosity, Non-Reef Facies
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Cincinnati Arch Is South Of This Locale Trending Nw/Se, Cincinnati Arch Was Stable High Between Subsiding Basins (Illinois And Michigan Basins)
Tectonic:	Dolomite And Gypsum Are Of Sabka Origin
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Dissolution Of Solubile Minerals

References

MRDS	W031991
DEP	10080656
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.