Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFault Intersections, Sharp Folds And Intersection Of Sandstone Beds With Main Fault Zone Are Favorable
Materials
Ore mineralsCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
GangueDickite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Jackfork Formation, Sandstone & Shale;Stanley Shale, Gap Ridge Sandstone Member, Sandstone
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
Discovery year1931
Identification
Deposit ID10040346
MRDS IDM055067
Alternate namesCaponetto Properties, Valley Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.186, -93.589
References
USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-CBAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESChester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 82, 85.Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.USBM DATA