Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFaults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockShale · Stanley Shale, Shale
StructureThrust Faults, Close Folds, Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faulting From S In Late Paleozoic.
AlterationArgillic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10040361
MRDS IDM055085
Alternate namesWheelers Prospect, Wheelers Property, Seitz LeaseWheeler, Schwartzberg, Exploration, Amity Quicksilver, Deering Mine., Cinnabar Queen, Antoine QuicksilverAmity
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.20107, -93.49389
References
Reed and Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-CCHESTER, 1965, MERCURY IN ARKANSAS, USBM IC 8252THOENEN, ARK MINERAL BOOKUSBM UNPUB DATA