Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFaults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Stanley Shale, Sandstone, 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 statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10040340
MRDS IDM055059
Alternate namesHopkins Hill
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.169, -93.705
References
U.S. BUREAU MINES REPORT OF INV. 4737USGS, 1942, BULL. 936-HDIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DRILLINChester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 83.Gallagher, 1942, USGS Bull. 936-H, p. 189-219.Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.USBM DATA