Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFaults Intersecting Sandstone, And Sharp Folds
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Stanley Shale, Shale & Sandstone;Gap Ridge Sandstone Member Of Stanley Shale
StructureThrust Faults And Close Folds, Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10040333
MRDS IDM055051
Alternate namesJ.J. Cox Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.17639, -93.64694
References
USGS, 1938, BULL. 886-CBAILEY, E.H., USGS, (PERSONAL FILES)CHESTER, 1965, MERCURY IN ARKANSAS, USBM IC 8252Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.