Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFaults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Stanley Shale Penn. Shale, Sandstone;Gap Ridge Ss Member Of Stanley Shale 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 ID10040366
MRDS IDM055092
Alternate namesProspect 27
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.17667, -93.63806
References
USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-CBRANNER, G.C., 1932, CINNABAR IN SW. ARKANSAS, ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INF. CIRC. 2Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.