Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlOre Located Along Fault Zone And Along Joint Surfaces.
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Jackfork Sandstone Penn. Sandstone
StructureThrust Faults, Close Folds
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1942
Identification
Deposit ID10040324
MRDS IDM055040
Alternate namesLower Hole, Upper Hole, Bradley Shaft, Big Six, Big Six Mine, Big Six Mining Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.15167, -93.72694
References
Reed and Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-CGallagher, 1942, USGS BULL. 936-HBAILEY, E.H. USGS, PERSONAL FILESChester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 85.Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.USGS, 1938, BULL 886-C