Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFaults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueDickite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Gap Ridge Sandstone, Sandstone
StructureThrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10040353
MRDS IDM055076
Alternate namesPalmer Hill
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.1944, -93.52861
References
USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-CBAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESCHESTER, 1965, MERCURY IN ARKANSAS, USBM IC 8252Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.