| Deposit ID | 10040354 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055077 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 51090064 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Parker Hill Mine |
| Related records | 10211401 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -93.72639, 34.16357 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 6 MI NNE OF MURFREESBORO. West of the Little Missouri River on a small sanststone knowll. |
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 | 1 | SE SE SW | Arkansas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calomel | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Metacinnabar | Ore |
| Stibiconite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Result | 11 LB ORE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Stanley Shale, Sandstone & Shale;Gap Ridge Sandstone Member, Sandstone | ||
| Rock description | Stanley Shale, Sandstone & Shale;Gap Ridge Sandstone Member, Sandstone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -93.72639, 34.16357 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Folds And Tear Faults |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 5 TO 8 E |
| Dip | 60 E |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1931 |
| Discoverer | Crown Cox |
| District name | Arkansas Quicksilver District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | G. J. Parker |
| Year | 1941 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mercury Producers, Inc. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | G. J. Parker, Arkansas Quicksilver Corp. |
| First year | 1941 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | T.B. Palmer |
| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arkansas Quicksilver Mines Inc. |
| Year | 1965 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 158.5M |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055077 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 51090064 | =newMRDS 10211401, merged and deleted. |
Reed and Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-C
Gallagher, 1942, USGS BULL. 936-H
BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN ARKANSAS: USBM IC 8252
CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN ARKANSAS: USBM IC 8252
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | STRIKE AND DIP FIGURES ARE FOR ORE BODY ALONG FAULT TRACE. VEIN IS UP TO TWO FT. THICK. STEEP TABULAR BODIES 50 FT LONG OCCUR |
| 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 10211401. |
| Reporter | 1980-05-20 | Rlw | U.S. Bureau of Mines | 0051090064 = 10211401 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.