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Union Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040357
MRDS ID M055080
MAS/MILS ID 51090082
Record type Site
Current site name Union Mine
Alternate or previous names Union Mining Co., Busby, Union Mining Co, Prospect 29
Related records 10284034

Comments on the site identification

  • Busby may be part of the Union Mine. Possibly it is about 800 m east in T6S, R24W, Sec. 321, NESE at 34-11-9, -93-35-33 (NAD27). According to deleted and unverifiable record 10284152 (MAS 0051090023) it was owned by Ozan-Graysonia Lumber Co. in 1944, and operated by Central Mining Co based in TX. A.B. Wilson deleted the unverifiable Busby record.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.60111, 34.18245 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 6 MI NNE OF PIKE CITY, ARK. #29 on IC-23.

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 31 NW SE Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the analytical data

  • Best ore grade: 10 pounds.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.60111, 34.18245
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faults, 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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds

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 Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Arkansas Quicksilver District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C.R. Irvin
    Year 1965
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Central Mercury Mining and Development Co.
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS. INACTIVE SINCE 1942.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    Chester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 85.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-09-01 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey also record M055206 = 10040428.
Editor 2012-11-16 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records 10040428 and 10284034 and 10284152
Reporter 1980-05-20 Rlw U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0051090082 = 10284034 MAS 0051090023 = 10284152

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