Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFaults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueDickite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Gap Ridge Sandstone Penn. Sandstone
StructureThrust Faults, Close Folds, Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic
AlterationArgillic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10040365
MRDS IDM055090
Alternate namesRidge West of Gap Ridge
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.161, -93.744
References
Reed and Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-CBAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESClardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.