Commodities
PrimaryAntimony, Mercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlOre Is Found In Shattered Sandstone Nose Of A Fold. And Along Tear Fault. Quartz Veins With Cinnabar Have Been Discovered.
Materials
Ore mineralsCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Stanley Shale, Sandstone & Shale;Gap Ridge Sandstone Member, Sandstone
StructureFolds And Tear Faults, 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 ID10040354
MRDS IDM055077
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.16357, -93.72639
References
Reed and Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-CGallagher, 1942, USGS BULL. 936-HBAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESCHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN ARKANSAS: USBM IC 8252