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Bell Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103772
MRDS ID M055047
MAS/MILS ID 51090019
Record type Site
Mineralized Area Arkansas Quicksilver District
Current site name Bell Prospect
Alternate or previous names W.R. Bell, National Quicksilver Co., Carroll, Wr Bell, Bell
Related records 10235311

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.71333, 34.16667 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI NNW OF MURFREESBORO

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 SWSW Arkansas

Comments on the location information

  • MINE NOW UNDER WATERS OF LAKE GREESON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Gap Ridge Sandstone, Sandstone
    Rock description Gap Ridge Sandstone, Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.71333, 34.16667
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faults And 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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IS RESTRICTED TO UPPER LEVELS OF GAP RIDGE SANDSTONE, CARBONIFEROUS FMS DIP S AND ARE DEFORMED BY THRUST FAULTS, TEAR FAULTS, BEDDING PLANE FAULTS, AND FOLDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1934-1935

Mining district

District name Arkansas Quicksilver District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W.R. Bell
    Year 1944
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mercury Producers, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M
  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1937, SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES AND ONE 130 FT. SHAFT. WITH TWO LEVELS. LAST OPERATED 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-C

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, (PERSONAL FILES)

  • Deposit

    Chester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 75-86.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-09-01 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-08 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10235311
Reporter 2012-11-08 Rlw U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0051090019 = 10235311

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