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Hudgins Prospect

Past Producer in Pike county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040341
MRDS ID M055060
MAS/MILS ID 51090042
Record type Site
Current site name Hudgins Prospect
Alternate or previous names Russell, Section 9, Hudgens
Related records 10284595

Comments on the site identification

  • The deposit in SESW sec. 9, T7S, R26W is the Hudgins. The prospect in NENW sec. 16 is not. This is an unnamed prospect that is discussed with the Hudgins in Bull. 886-c, p. 86. May also include Propects 4 and 5 of Clardy and Bush (1976, p. 20).

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.7825, 34.15361 (WGS84)
Elevation 180
Relative position 7 MI NW OF MURFREESBORO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pike(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Center Point NE(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Pike

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 007S 026W 9 SESWSW Arkansas
5th Principal 007S 026W 16 NENW Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Dickite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Jackfork Sandstone, Sandstone;Stanley Shale, Sandstone, Shale
    Rock description Jackfork Sandstone, Sandstone;Stanley Shale, Sandstone, Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.7825, 34.15361
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Tear Faults
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 E
    Dip 80 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cinnabar Occurs Along Joint Surfaces.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO DISTINCT GROUPS OF JOINTS FRACTURE THE SANDSTONE. ROCK IS LOCALLY BRECCIATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1933-1935

Mining district

District name Arkansas Quicksilver District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. W. Russell

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M
  • Type of workings Surface/Underground

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1937, WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SHAFT 7 BY 7 AND 30 FT. DEEP. SEVERAL SMALL PITS IN THE VICINITY WERE LAST OPERATED 1935

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN 1933.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed and Wells, 1948, USGS BULL. 886-C

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    Chesster, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 84.

  • Production

    USBM DATA

  • Deposit

    Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO JOINT SETS FRACTURE THE SANDSTONE. THE PRINCIPAL SET (STRIKE AND DIP ABOVE) CONTAINS THE MOST CINNABAR. THE SECOND SET STRIKE EW DIP 26 N ALSO CONTAINS SOME CINNABAR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-09-01 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-15 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10284595
Reporter 1980-05-20 Rlw U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0051090042 = 10284595

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