Mine detail: Sphalerite Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

39.42504, -87.10833

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Sulfur
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Racoon Creek Unconformably Overlies Mississippian
Host type:	Shale,Coal
Structure:	Cincinnati Arch Running Nw/Se In North Central Indiana
Tectonic:	Sw Of Cincinnati Arch, A Stable Paleozoic Platform Between Subsidi Ng Illinois And Michigan Basins.

References

MRDS	W031998
DEP	10080663
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.