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Sphalerite Occurrence Z81

Occurrence in Lawrence 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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080660
MRDS ID W031995
Record type Site
Current site name Sphalerite Occurrence Z81

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.59165, 38.72088 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bedford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vincennes(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)

Federal lands

Hoosier National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 003N 002W 12 SW4 OF NW4 Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, Dissolution

Analytical data

Result MINOR ELEMENTS IN SPHALERITE, BY PERCENT= GA= .03, FE= .06, CD= 1. 03, CU= .01, GE= .0081, MN= N/A.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Blue River Group: Includes Paoli, Ste. Genevieve And St. Louis Li Mestones. Thickens To Sw
    Rock description Blue River Group: Includes Paoli, Ste. Genevieve And St. Louis Li Mestones. Thickens To Sw
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.59165, 38.72088
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cincinnati Arch Trends Nw/Se Thru Indiana. A Stable Paleozoic Platf Orm Between Subsiding Illinois And Michigan Basins.
Type of structure Local
Structure description West Of Mt. Carmel Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porosity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE OUTCROP OF SPHALERITE

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 DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

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