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Interstate Mill (Facility)

Plant in Pike county in Arkansas, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040343
MRDS ID M055063
MAS/MILS ID 51090043
Record type Site
Current site name Interstate Mill (Facility)
Alternate or previous names Funk Property, V.B. Lewis Property, Vb Lewis Property
Related records 10284634

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -93.58833, 34.18468 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 5 MILES N OF MURFREESBORO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pike(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murfreesboro 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 006S 024W 32 NW SW NW Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calomel Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Dickite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -93.58833, 34.18468
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faults And Close Folding
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

Ore body information

  • Dip VERTICAL
    Plunge direction 80 W
    Length 3.66M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Intersections, Sharp Folds, And Intersection Of Sandstone Beds With Main Fault Zone Are Favorable Locations For Mineralization.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CARBONIFEROUS FORMATIONS DIP S AND ARE DEFORMED BY THRUST FAULTS, TEAR FAULTS, BEDDING PLANE FAULTS, AND FOLDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arkansas Quicksilver District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Superior Mining Co.
    First year 1941

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POOR CHANCES FOR FUTURE PRODUCTION, SOME RESERVES OF LESS THAN 2 LB HG PER TON ROCK.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M
  • Type of workings Surface/Underground

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1937, PIT 40 BY 3 FT AND 40 FT. DEEP. ONE 50 FT. SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • MINE SHAFTS NOW FLOODED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed and Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-C

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Production

    USGS, 1937, BULL 886-C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS MINERALIZED SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-09-01 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-16 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10284634
Reporter 1980-05-20 Rlw U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0051090043 = 10284634

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