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Sphalerite Occurrence Z76

Occurrence in Cass 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080655
MRDS ID W031990
Record type Site
Current site name Sphalerite Occurrence Z76

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.39998, 40.76113 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cass(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucerne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logansport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Wabash-Deer(hydrologic unit)

Wabash(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Cass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 027N 002E 27 NE4 Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization

Analytical data

Result ELEMENTAL %'S: GA= .0018, FE= .049, CD= .20, CU= .011, GE= .0080, MN= N/A, IN SPHALERITE.

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 Barri Er-Like Banks Occur Around The Basins. Smaller Reefs Dot The State. Re Ef Rocks Are Porous Dolomite. Reefs Are Associated With Mississippi-Va Lley Type Deposits Elsewhere (Shaffer, 1981)
    Rock description Wabash, Reefs, Make Up A Significant Part Of This Formation Large Barri Er-Like Banks Occur Around The Basins. Smaller Reefs Dot The State. Re Ef Rocks Are Porous Dolomite. Reefs Are Associated With Mississippi-Va Lley Type Deposits Elsewhere (Shaffer, 1
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.39998, 40.76113
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cincinnati Arch-Trends Nw-Se In North-Central Indiana

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porosity Of Sedimentary Rocks.

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 , 49P

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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