Description
Fletcher M. Mc Rae
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlCinnabar Was Localized Along A Fault And In Jointed Sandstone Paralleling The Fault
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Stanley Shale, Sandstone & Shale;Stearn'S Parker Hill 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
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1943
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10040351
MRDS IDM055073
Alternate namesWann Mine, Mcrae and Wann, Mc Rae and WannWann
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.17611, -93.675
References
Reed and Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-CBAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESChester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 85.Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.USBM DATA