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Sphalerite Occurrence Z83

Occurrence in Clay 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 10080664
MRDS ID W031999
Record type Site
Current site name Sphalerite Occurrence Z83

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.1, 39.39171 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Center Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Terre Haute(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Indianapolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eel(hydrologic unit)

Patoka-White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 011N 006W 17 SW4 OF SE4 Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ELEMENTAL %'S IN SPHALERITE: GA= .0086, FE= .18, CD= .12, CU= .007 8, GE= N/D, MN= .0014.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Racoon Creek Unconformably Overlies Mississippian
    Rock description Racoon Creek Unconformably Overlies Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.1, 39.39171
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plains

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

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 MINERAL DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

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