Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFaults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Gap Ridge Sandstone, Penn., Sandstone
StructureThrust Faults And Close Folds, Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems. ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10092573
MRDS IDM055046
Alternate namesProspect 45, Atoka
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.19806, -93.51972
References
USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-CCHESTER, 1965, MERCURY IN ARKANSAS, USBM IC 8252, p. 75-86.Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.