Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface, Surface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault Intersections, Sharp Folds, And Intersection Of Sandstone Beds With Main Fault Zone Are Favorable.
Materials
Ore mineralsCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone · Stanley Shale, Gap Ridge Sandstone Member, Sandstone;Jackfork Formation, Sandstone & Shale
StructureThrust Faults, Close Folds, 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 ID10040344
MRDS IDM055064
Alternate namesLula-Bell, Isbell Hill mine, Isabell West, Isabell Mine, Lula Bell, Craig Mining and Development Co., Southern Mining and Reduction Co., Jackfork Mining Co., Craig Mining Co., Isbell Prospect, Jackfort, Craige
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.16889, -93.69611
References
USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-C, p. 77.USGS, 1942, BULL. 936-HBAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESU.S. BUREAU MINES REPT. OF INV. 4737Chester, 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.USGS, 1937, BULL 886-C