Pike City Prospect

Occurrence in Pike 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400658
Record type Site
Current site name Pike City Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Pit -93.607, 34.126 (WGS84) 50 two mine symbols shown in N2 of SW4 Sec. 19. Coordinates are for the western one.
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Pit -93.602, 34.126 (WGS84) 50 two mine symbols shown in N2 of SW4 Sec. 19. Coordinates are for the eastern one.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pike(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Murfreesboro NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arkadelphia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Pike

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 007S 024W 19 N2SW4 Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -93.607, 34.126
Pit (2) -93.602, 34.126

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southwest Arkansas Quicksilver District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2012-11-20 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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