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Sphalerite Occurrence Z80

Occurrence in Madison 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 10080661
MRDS ID W031996
Record type Site
Current site name Sphalerite Occurrence Z80

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.8525, 40.07289 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lapel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Muncie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Muncie(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper White(hydrologic unit)

Patoka-White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 019N 006E 28 NW4 OF NE4 Indiana

Comments on the location information

  • Quarry was better located using quarry location shown on topo map in USGS GNIS. Location now falls within the stated county.

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 MINOR ELEMENT PERCENTS IN SPHALERITE: GA= .0022, FE= .040, CD= .10 , CU= N/A, GE= ND, MN= N/A.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Muscatatuck Group, Unconformably Overlies Silurian
    Rock description Muscatatuck Group, Unconformably Overlies Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.8525, 40.07289
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cincinnati Arch; Nw/Se Thru North-Central Indiana.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Just West Of Fortville Fault

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

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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