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Mill Mountain Prospects

Occurrence 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040348
MRDS ID M055069
MAS/MILS ID 51090054
Record type Site
Current site name Mill Mountain Prospects
Related records 10138460

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -93.72444, 34.161 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 MI NNE OF MURFREESBORO. On Mill Mountain. Coordinates are for approx. center of SW of NE of Sec 12.

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 026W 12 SW of NE Arkansas

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 Jackfork Formation, Sandstone
    Rock description Jackfork Formation, Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -93.72444, 34.161
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folds And Strike-Slip Faults
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: CARBONIFEROUS FORMATIONS 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
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arkansas Quicksilver District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George Bell and W.F. Hintze
    Year 1938
  • Type Owner
    Owner Arkansas Power & Light Co.
    Year 1938
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cinnabar Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 12.19M
    Width 2.13M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN 1937 WERE 40 FT LONG TRENCH, 7 FT WIDE, 25 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed and Wells, 1938, USGS BULL. 886-C.

  • Production

    USGS, 1938, BULL. 886-C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE ORE IS IN EVIDENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-09-01 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-27 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10138460.
Reporter 1980-05-20 Rlw U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0051090054 = 10138460

Beyond USGS

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

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