Occurrence

Past Producer in Polk county in Iowa, United States with commodity Zinc

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10082047
MRDS ID	W044554
Record type	Site
Current site name	Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-93.53049, 41.52418 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Des Moines SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Des Moines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Des Moines(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic accounting unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Iowa	Polk

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Zinc Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Sphalerite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal

Rock unit name Cherokee Group

Rock description Cherokee Group

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-93.53049, 41.52418	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

N85<SPHALERITE IN CLEATS IN COAL; DRILL CORE FROM COAL BED 3 OF THE CHEROKEE GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W044554

Bibliographic references

Deposit

F1 < HATCH, J. R., AVCIN, M. J., WEDGE, W. K., AND BRADY, L. L. 1976, SPHALERITE IN COALS FROM SOUTHEASTERN IOWA, MISSOURI, AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-796, 26 P.
Deposit

F2 < HATCH, J. R., AVCIN, M. J., AND VAN DORPE, P. E., 1984, ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF CHEROKEE GROUP COALS (MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN) FROM SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN IOWA: IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TECHNICAL PAPER 5, 108 P.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	GEN<HATCH LOCALITY 45. COAL: ZN 12 PPM; CD 0.40 PPM. ASH: ZN 58 PPM; CD 2.0 PPM. CADASTRAL LOCATION: NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 32, T. 78 N., R. 23 W. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1985	Miller, M.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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