Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPIPE AND TABULAR
Ore controlFault Surfaces, Fault Intersections, Sharp Folds, Intersections Of Sandstone Beds With Main Fault Zone.
Materials
Ore mineralsCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite
GangueDickite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz
Other materialsStibnite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Gap Ridge Sandstone Member, Sandstone;Stanley Shale, Sandstone & Shale
StructureFold Near Middle Of Hill. Strike-Slip Fault Of 600-1500. Ft. Displacement., 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 ID10040355
MRDS IDM055078
Alternate namesParney Hill, Bloody Cut, Cut No. 1, Cut No. 12, Cut No. 15
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.1675, -93.71111
References
Reed and Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-C, p. 78.Gallagher, 1942, USGS BULL. 936-HDIREXPL U.S. BUREAU MINES, DRILLINgChester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 81, 85.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