Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlFaults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueBarite, Dickite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSandstone
StructureThrust Faults, Close Folds, Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1931-1946
Identification
Deposit ID10103778
MRDS IDM055094
Alternate namesWill Pyle Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.15523, -93.82222
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 the Red River Basin.Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.USBM DATA