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Clear Jackmine

Occurrence in Marion county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081014
MRDS ID W032566
Record type Site
Current site name Clear Jackmine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.75017, 36.30008 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Relative position 3.6 MILES NORTH OF GEORGE'S CREEK (TOWN), 6.3 MILES N. NW OF YELLVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pyatt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Shoals Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrison(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bull Shoals Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Marion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 19N 17W 11 SE4 Arkansas

Comments on the location information

  • IN A HOLLOW 2.8 MILES SE OF DODD CITY, JUST OF EDGE OF BOONE CHERT PLATEAU. PROBABLY WITHIN 3 TENTHS OF A MILE FROM ONE OF THE HILLTOP RDS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • "CLEAR JACK" MAY INDICATE THAT TRANSLUCENT SPHALERITE OCCURS HERE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.75017, 36.30008
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Fillings

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Arkansas Zinc Region

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 23.47M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT 77 FEET WAS NOTED AS BEING 250 YARDS S. 30 DEGREES E. FROM SHAFT #2 OF THE BEAR HILL MINES THIS SHAFT STRIKES A CALCAREOUS ORE-BEARING SANDSTONE AT 20 FEET, FOUR FEET THICK, AND A FINE-GRAINED, BRECCIATED SANDSTONE BEARING ORE, TEN FEET THICK AT 55-65 FEET DEPTH. OPENING 2 IS 150 YARDS N. 20 DEGREES E FROM THE SHAFT, AND IS ABOUT 15 FEET HIGHER. IT IS AN OPEN CUT HILLSIDE 20X10', 6 DEEP, IN A CLAYFILLED CAVERN IN THE ORDOVICIAN LIMESTONE, SPHALERITE AND SMITHSONITE OCCUR IN DOLOMITE FRAGMENTS IN THE CLAY.

Comments on development

  • ABOUT TWO TONS OF ORE-BEARING ROCK WERE ON THE DUMP IN 1900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ARKANSAS FOR 1892 (PUB. DEC.,1900), VOL V: THE ZN AND PB REGION OF NORTH ARK., BY STATE GEOLOGIST JOHN C. BRANNER, P. 110, 111 USGS RESTON (241) AR5 (AND YELLVILLE SHEET IN THAT BOOK)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HORIZONTAL BEDS
Deposit NO ORE FOUND IN THE WALLS OF THE CAVERN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Wright, Noel J. (Calkins, James A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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