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Sphalerite Occurrence Z70

Occurrence in Monroe county in Indiana, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080653
MRDS ID W031988
Record type Site
Current site name Sphalerite Occurrence Z70

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.54998, 39.01255 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clear Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bloomington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Indianapolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower East Fork White(hydrologic unit)

Patoka-White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Monroe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 007N 001W 29 SW4 Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result MINOR ELEMENT PERCENTS IN SPHALERITE: GA= .003, FE= .05, CD= 1.5, CU= .02, GE= .0013, MN= N/A.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Sanders Group, Overlies Borden Group, Consists Of Ramp Creek Formation (17-28 Feet Of Cherty Argillaceous Limestone), The Harrodsburg Limesto Ne (30-120 Feet Of Lt. Brown, Coarse Grained Biofragmental Limestone W Ith Thin Shale Partings) And The Salem Limestone (A Grey To Tan, Well Sorted, Medium To Coarse-Grained Calcarenite With Dolomite). Salem And Harrodsburg Have Best Potential For Ore Deposition (Shaffer, 1981)
    Rock description Sanders Group, Overlies Borden Group, Consists Of Ramp Creek Formation (17-28 Feet Of Cherty Argillaceous Limestone), The Harrodsburg Limesto Ne (30-120 Feet Of Lt. Brown, Coarse Grained Biofragmental Limestone W Ith Thin Shale Partings) And The Salem Li
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.54998, 39.01255
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cincinnati Arch: Trends Nw/Se Thru North-Central Indiana

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porosity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAFFER, NELSON R., 1981, POSSIBILITY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE MI NERAL DEPOSITS IN INDIANA, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT 21 , 49 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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