Description
Max A. Crockett
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlOre Is Localized Along Footwall Side Of An E-W Trending Thrust Fault. Fault Intersections, Sharp Folds, And Intersection Of Sandstone Beds With Main Fault Zone Are Also Favorable.
Materials
Ore mineralsCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
GangueDickite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Jackfork Sandstone, Sandstone
StructureCowhide Thrust Fault Has Thrust Jackfork Ss And Stanley Shale Over Atoka Fm., Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic
AlterationArgillic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10040327
MRDS IDM055043
Alternate namesHales, Norton and Wright, Crocket Mining Co., Hales Mining and Development Co., Hale's Mine, Ajax Mine, Ajax Mercury Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.17278, -93.70667
References
BUREAU MINES REPT. OF INV. 4737USGS, 1942, BULL. 936-H.BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES1941 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU MINES, DRILLINChester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 83.Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.USBM DATA