Mine detail: Sphalerite and Galena Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

40.93752, -87.09583

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Tertiary:	Sulfur
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Muscatatuck Group, Unconformably Overlies Silurian
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Kankakee Arch Trends Nw/Se Through This Site, Area Dotted With Buried Reefs Of Good Porosity.
Tectonic:	On Kankakee Arch: Stable Paleozoic Platform Between Michigan And I Llinois Basins.
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization

References

MRDS	W031993
DEP	10080658
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.