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Sphalerite and Galena Occurrence

Occurrence in Jasper 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. 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 10080658
MRDS ID W031993
Record type Site
Current site name Sphalerite and Galena Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.09583, 40.93752 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jasper(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoysburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watseka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Iroquois(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Jasper

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 029N 006W 27 SE4 OF SE4 Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.09583, 40.93752
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kankakee Arch Trends Nw/Se Through This Site
Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Dotted With Buried Reefs Of Good Porosity.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porosity Of Sedimentary Units

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE OUTCROP OF SPHALERITE AND GALENA.

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 DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

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