| Deposit ID | 10103776 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055070 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 51090055 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Muddy Fork |
| Related records | 10186952 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -93.76389, 34.10222 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 146 |
| Relative position | 3.5 MILES NW OF MURFREESBORO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pike(county)
Arkansas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nathan(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arkansas | Pike |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Principal | 007S | 026W | 34 | SWSENW | Arkansas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Result | ORE YIELDED ABOUT 3 LB HG PER TON. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -93.76389, 34.10222 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1939 |
| Discoverer | Columbus Isaac Cornish |
| Year of last production | 1945 |
| Production years | 1943 |
| District name | Arkansas Quicksilver District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Southern Kraft Paper Co. |
| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | International Paper Co. |
| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Muddy Fork Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055070 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 51090055 | =newMRDS 10186952, merged and deleted |
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Chester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 84.
USBM DATA
Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | One of the southernmost occurrences of cinnabar. |
| 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 10186952 |
| Reporter | 1980-05-20 | Rlw | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0051090055 = 10186952 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.