| Deposit ID | 10040334 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055052 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 51090030 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | East Gap Ridge Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Eastern part of Gap Ridge |
| Related records | 10187255 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -93.73278, 34.16056 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 183 |
| Relative position | 4.5 MILES NNW OF MURFREESBORO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pike(county)
Arkansas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Narrows Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Arkadelphia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Little Rock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little Missouri(hydrologic unit)
Upper Ouachita(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Red-Ouachita(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Corps of Engineers(Branch)
Branch USACE(Type of land area)
USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arkansas | Pike |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Principal | 007S | 026W | 11,12 | SE NE; SW NW | Arkansas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calomel | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Metacinnabar | Ore |
| Stibiconite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Dickite | Gangue |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Stanley Shale Penn. Sandstone, Shale;Gap Ridge Sandstone Member Of The Stanley Shale Penn. Sandstone | ||
| Rock description | Stanley Shale Penn. Sandstone, Shale;Gap Ridge Sandstone Member Of The Stanley Shale Penn. Sandstone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -93.73278, 34.16056 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Faults And Close Folds |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1931 |
| District name | Arkansas Quicksilver District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arkansas Power And Light Co.; Southern Kraft Paper Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J.G. Parker |
| Year | 1944 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 25.91M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055052 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 51090030 | =newMRDS 10187255, merged and deleted. |
U.S. BUREAU MINES REPT. OF INV. 4737
Gallagher, 1942, USGS BULL. 936-H
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, (PERSONAL FILES)
DIREXPL USBM IN EARLY 1940'
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reed & Wells, 1938, USGS Bull. 886-C, p. 82-83.
Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1973-09-01 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2012-11-14 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted duplicate record 10187255. |
| Reporter | 2012-05-20 | Rlw | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0051090030 = 10187255 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.