Fancy Hill

Unknown in Montgomery county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  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 10211276
MAS/MILS ID 0050970021
Record type Site
Current site name Fancy Hill
Alternate or previous names Henderson

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -93.8127, 34.37792 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polk Creek Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arkadelphia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Ouachita(hydrologic unit)

Upper Ouachita(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Red-Ouachita(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ouachita National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -93.8127, 34.37792

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 85S
    Thickness 6M
    Length 2164M
    Width 152M
    Area 130HA
    Depth to top 76M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N70W:85S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 130
    Date of Last Modification 830224

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY CONSISTS OF SIX LENTICULAR ORE BODIES ALONG THE STRIKE WITH INTERMITTENT SHALE WASTE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Fancy Hill

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Milchem Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OPERATION COMBINED WITH MCNIGHT. NO RECENT PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 32HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 90
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1.5
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 1570
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 14.72
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS UNKNOWN; AREA POTENTIALLY DISTURBED = 130 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROBST, D.A. BARIUM MINERALS. CH. IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS

  • Deposit

    AND ROCKS. ED. BY STANLEY J. LEFOND. AIME, NEW YORK,

  • Deposit

    4TH ED., 1975, PP. 427-441.

  • Deposit

    JONES, T.A. BARITE DEPOSITS IN THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS,

  • Deposit

    MONTGOMERY, POLK, AND PIKE COUNTIES, ARKANSAS.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES RI 4348, 1948, 15 PP.

  • Deposit

    MCELWAINE, R.B. EXPLORATION OF THE BARITE DEPOSITS IN

  • Deposit

    MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS. BUMINES RI 3971, 1946,

  • Deposit

    24 PP.

  • Deposit

    SCULL, B.J. ORIGIN AND OCCURRENCE OF BARITE IN ARKANSAS.

  • Deposit

    ARK. GEOL. AND CONSERVATION COMMISSION IC 18,

  • Deposit

    1958, 101 PP.

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., ET AL. MINERAL RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES OF

  • Deposit

    ARKANSAS. BUMINES BULL. 645, 1969, 418 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY. FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT: FANCY

  • Deposit

    HILL (MILCHEM) BARITE MINE AND PROCESSING PLANT,

  • Deposit

    MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS. JUNE 1980, 319 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-JAN-1993 Croyle U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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