Mine detail: Sphalerite Occurrence Z73

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Location

Lat / long:

40.0292, -85.72078

Resource(B)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Muscatatuck Group, Unconformably Overlies Silurian-Consist
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Cincinnati Arch: Nw/Se Thru North-Central Indiana, Just East Of Fortville Fault
Tectonic:	Atop Cincinnati Arch (A Stable Platform Between Michigan And Illin Ois Basins.
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Dissolution

References

MRDS	W031997
DEP	10080662
Reference	SHAFFER, NELSON R., 1981, POSSIBILITY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE MI NERAL DEPOSITS IN INDIANA, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT 21 , 49 P
Reporter	Sutphin, David M.