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Sphalerite Occurrence Z77

Occurrence in Howard county in Indiana, United States with commodities Zinc, 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080654
MRDS ID W031989
Record type Site
Current site name Sphalerite Occurrence Z77

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.05829, 40.47503 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Howard(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kokomo East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lafayette(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wildcat(hydrologic unit)

Wabash(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Howard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 023N 003E 3 NW4 OF NE4 Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ELEMENTAL %'S IN SPHALERITE: GA= .013, FE= .026, CD= .50, CU= .001 5, GE= .0026, MN= N/A.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name 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 Rocks Are Porous Dolomite. Reefs Are Associated With Mississippi-Val Ley Type Deposits Elsewhere (Shaffer, 1981)
    Rock description 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 Rocks Are Porous Dolomite. Reefs Are Associated With Mississippi-Val Ley Type Deposits Elsewhere (Shaffer, 19
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.05829, 40.47503
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cincinnati Arch, Stable Paleozoic Platform Between Subsiding Basins .

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porosity

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRINES MIGRATED UPDIP FROM THE BASIN AND PRECIPITATED ORE MINERALS ON ENCOUNTERING SOURCES OF REDUCED SULFUR.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE MINERAL DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

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

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