Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface, Surface/Underground
Ore controlFaults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds
Materials
GangueDickite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Gap Ridge Sandstone 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 statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10092574
MRDS IDM055087
Alternate namesYenzlin
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.16611, -93.70722
References
Reed and Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-CBAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESChester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 85.Gallagher, David, 1942, USGS Bull. 936-H, p. 189-219.Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.