Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFaults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds
Geology
Host rockSandstone
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 production1942
Identification
Deposit ID10040357
MRDS IDM055080
Alternate namesUnion Mining Co, Prospect 29, Union Mining Co., Busby
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates34.18245, -93.60111
References
BAILEY, 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