Henry Placer

Occurrence in Howard county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092581
MRDS ID M055200
MAS/MILS ID 50610070
Record type Site
Current site name Henry Placer
Alternate or previous names Heary Placer
Related records 10114483

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.83028, 34.1475 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Howard(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 Howard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 07S 27W 13 Arkansas

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION
  • Location of "Heary" Placer (note misspelling) record 10259656 was given as 34-9-59, -193-55-0 (NAD 27)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.83028, 34.1475

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arkansas Quicksilver District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. J. Henry

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN ARKANSAS, USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    THOENEN, ARK MINERAL BOOK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-05-01 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-15 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records 10259656 and 10114483.
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0050610068 = 10259656
Reporter 1979-05-22 Reynolds U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0050610070 = 10114483

Beyond USGS

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