Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlMineralization Occurs In A Brecciated Fault Zone Approx 30 Ft. Thick. Other Favorable Locations Are Fault Intersections, Sharp Folds, Intersection Of Sandstone Beds With Main Fault Zone.
Materials
Ore mineralsCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
GangueDickite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Jackfork Formation, Sandstone & Shale
StructureCowhide Thrust Fault., 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 ID10103777
MRDS IDM055081
Alternate namesHintze, Us Mercury Co Mine, Us Mine, Hinze (note the misspelling), U.S. Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.16912, -93.705
References
BUREAU OF MINES REPT. OF INV. 4737Gallagher, David, 1942, Quicksilver deposits near the Little Missouri River, Pike County, Arkansas: 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.USBM DATA