Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown, Surface
Ore controlFaults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueDickite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Gap Ridge Sandstone Member, Sandstone
StructureThrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic
AlterationSandstone Is Locally Silicified.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10040367
MRDS IDM055093
Alternate namesRock Fence Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.14912, -93.83278
References
Reed and Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-CBAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESChester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, P. 85.THOENEN, ARK MINERAL BOOKBROWN, W.F., ET AL., 1955, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ARK IN RED RIVER BASIN.Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.