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Full Moon Mine

Occurrence in Marion county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081010
MRDS ID W032559
Record type Site
Current site name Full Moon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.62517, 36.31814 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 1.1 MILES SW OF FAIRVIEW, 1 MILE WEST OF RT 178

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotter SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Shoals Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrison(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bull Shoals Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Marion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 19N 16W 1 NE4 Arkansas

Comments on the location information

  • ON DIVIDE BETWEEN JIMMY'S CREEK AND JENKINS CREEK TO THE SE, ON THE NE END OF LESS MOUNTAIN, AND JUST TO THE SW OF FAIRVIEW ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.62517, 36.31814
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Fillings

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Arkansas Zinc Region

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE OPEN CUTS QUITE OLD AT TIME OF VISIT ABOUT 34 TONS OF ROCK, RICH IN SMITHSONITE 1 ARE ON THE DUMPS AS OF YEAR 1900.

Comments on development

  • POSSIBLY ONE OF THE EARLIER MINES TO BE OPENED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ARKANSAS FOR 1892 (PUB. DEC., 1900), VOL V: THE ZN AND PB REGION OF NORTH ARK., BY STATE GEOLOGIST JOHN C. BRANNER, P. 104 USGS RESTON (241) AR5 (AND PERTINENT MAP IN THIS WORK IS THE YELLVILLE SHEET)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN THE TWO HIGHEST AND MOST EASTERLY CUTS THE SMITHSONITE IS ESPECIALLY ABUNDANT IN THE UPPERMOST THREE FEET.
Deposit ROCK IS DEVOID OF SOIL, AND ORE IS EXPOSED AT THE SURFACE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Wright, Noel J. (Calkins, James A.) U.S. Geological Survey

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