Mine detail: Sphalerite Occurrence Z55

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Location

Lat / long:

40.60836, -86.66387

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Tertiary:	Sulfur
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	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 Facies Are Porous Dolomite. Reefs Are Associated With Mississippi-Va Lley Type Deposits Elsewhere (Shaffer, 1981)
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Cincinnati Arch, A Stable Paleozoic Platform Between Subsiding Mich Igan And Illinois Basins. Trends Nw/Se.
Tectonic:	Locale Is Atop Cincinnati Arch
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Dissolution

References

MRDS	W031992
DEP	10080657
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.