Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlCinnabar Occurs Along Joint Surfaces.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueDickite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone · Jackfork Sandstone, Sandstone;Stanley Shale, Sandstone, Shale
StructureNe Trending Tear Faults, Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1933-1935
Identification
Deposit ID10040341
MRDS IDM055060
Alternate namesHudgens, Russell, Section 9
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.15361, -93.7825
References
Reed and Wells, 1948, USGS BULL. 886-CBAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESChesster, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 84.Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.USBM DATA