Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryDiatomite, Antimony
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlOre Located Along Faults In Breccia And Joints. Fault Intersections, Sharp Folds, And Intersection Of Sandstone Beds With Main Fault Zone Are Also Favorable For Mineralization.
Materials
Ore mineralsCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Dickite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Jackfork Sandstone, Sandstone;Stanley Shale
StructureHomoclinal Fold. Nw Trending Strike Slip Faults., 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
Identification
Deposit ID10040331
MRDS IDM055049
Alternate namesCadoo Mine, Caddo Nos. 1, 2, and 3.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.163, -93.407
References
Reed & Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-CBAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESChester, 1965, USBM IC-8252.Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.USBM DATA