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Unnamed drill hole [3], Savannah, Davis County, Iowa, USAi
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Unnamed drill hole [3]Borehole
SavannahVillage
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 37' 50'' North , 92° 24' 44'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
40.63058,-92.41239
GeoHash:
G#: 9znr1he67
GRN:
N28W50
Type:
Borehole
Köppen climate type:
Dfa : Hot-summer humid continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Bloomfield2,617 (2017)13.5km
Pulaski275 (2017)13.9km
Lancaster724 (2017)15.6km
Downing336 (2017)16.3km
Glenwood198 (2017)18.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
289635
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:289635:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A drill hole and Zn occurrence located 3.6 km (2.2 miles) ENE of Savannah, E of Carter Creek.
Deposit: HATCH LOCALITY 24. COAL: ZN 8.8-940 PPM, AVG. 240; CD .12-5.4 PPM AVG. 1.56PPM. ASH: ZN 11-4,540 PPM, AVG. 1,223 PPM; CD 1-26 PPM, AVG. 7.6 PPM. CADASTRAL LOCATION: NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 1, T. 67 N., R. 14 W. ; INFO.SRC : COBB MINES ABANDONED BEFORE 1858. CADASTRAL LOCATION: T. 90 N., R. 1 E. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Geology: Sphalerite in cleats in coal; core samples from wiley, whitebreast and wheeler coal beds of the cherokee group. Mineralized joints occur in the stewartsville member of the galena formation.

Rock formation(s): Cherokee Group


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ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS

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Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
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Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS

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References

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.
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.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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