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U.S. Mercury Co. Mine

Past Producer in Pike county in Arkansas, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103777
MRDS ID M055081
Record type Site
Current site name U.S. Mercury Co. Mine
Alternate or previous names U.S. Mine, Hinze (note the misspelling), Us Mine, Us Mercury Co Mine, Hintze
Related records 10138241

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.705, 34.16912 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 4 MI NORTH OF MURFREESBORO, ARK. Immediately SE of Hales (Ajax) Mine.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Pike

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 007S 025W 6 N2 SW4 and SW4 NE4 and NW4 SE4 Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS HIGH GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calomel Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Dickite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic Alteration

Analytical data

Result MINE YIELDED 102 LB HG PER FT. OF WORKINGS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Jackfork Formation, Sandstone & Shale
    Rock description Jackfork Formation, Sandstone & Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.705, 34.16912
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cowhide Thrust Fault.
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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 47 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs In A Brecciated Fault Zone Approx 30 Ft. Thick. Other Favorable Locations Are Fault Intersections, Sharp Folds, Intersection Of Sandstone Beds With Main Fault Zone.

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

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Hintze

Mining district

District name Arkansas Quicksilver District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lulu Bell
    Year 1942
    Last year 1941
  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Mercury Co.
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ozan-Graysonia Lumber Co. (Lulu Bell)
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mid-America Resources, Inc.
    Interest 50
    Year 1942
    First year 1941

Comments on the ownership information

  • U.S. Mercury Co. leases the N2SW4 and SW4 NE4 from thoe owner, Ozan-Graysonia Lumber Co. U.S. Mercury Co. also "acquired"(no mention if this is lease or ownership) of NW4SW4, owned by Lulu Bell. Ore discovered by Hintze who organized U.S. Mercury Co. (with associates Otto Hirsche, Irving Hirsche, and Clarence Hirsche). The Hirsches bout out Hintz in 1941 and made J.D. Feeman Superintendant (p. 205, bull. 936-H). H.C. Orton (Mid-American Resources, Inc.) acquired 1/2 interest in the property in 1941. The company is reorgnaized as U.S. Mercury Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AS OF 1943, CHANCE FOR MORE ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings trenches
    Length 336.19M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings shaft
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 250 FT. SHAFT. CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS AND ONE WINZE. 1103 FT OF TRENCHES WERE CUT. LAST OPERATED 1946.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES REPT. OF INV. 4737

  • Deposit

    Gallagher, David, 1942, Quicksilver deposits near the Little Missouri River, Pike County, Arkansas: USGS BULL. 936-H, p. 189-219.

  • Deposit

    Clardy, B.F., and Bush, W.V., 1976, Mercury district of southwest Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular 23, 57 p.

  • Production

    USBM DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE ORE SHOOT WAS AT LEAST 65 FT LONG AND 10 FT. WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-09-01 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-16 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10138241
Reporter 1980-05-20 Rlw U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0051090133 = 10138241

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