Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlOre Located In Fractures Near Axial Planes Of Folds. Mine Is On South Side Of South Branch Of Cowhide Fault.
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone · Jackfork Sandstone Penn. Sandstone, Shale
StructureThrust Faults And Close Folds, Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10040338
MRDS IDM055057
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates34.184, -93.462
References
Reed and Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-CClardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.