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Mitchell Property

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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096592
MRDS ID W032553
Record type Site
Current site name Mitchell Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.63573, 36.34036 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 MILES N. NW OF FLIPPIN, Small Scale Map Elev. Is A Rough Estimate, Small Scale Map Elev. Is A Rough Estimate, Small Scale Map Elev. Is A Rough Estimate, Small Scale Map Elev. Is A Rough Estimate

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)

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 Marion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 20N 16W 25 SW4 OF SW4 Arkansas

Comments on the location information

  • 300 FEET WEST OF FORMER SITE OF DISTRICT SCHOOL HOUSE #13, OPENING 18 FEET ABOVE THE BED OF A STREAM FLOWING INTO JIMMY'S CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Most Sphalerite Crystals Seen Were Encrusted With Smithsonite

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.63573, 36.34036
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Pockets Of Partial Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOWEST OPENING IN JIMMY'S CREEK AREA

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

  • AN OPEN CUT ABOUT 30 FEET LONG

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. 99 USGS RESTON (241) AR5 (AND ON THE YELLVILLE SHEET IN THAT BOOK)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MAY BE MOST PLENTIFUL AT THE MOST BRECCIATED PLACES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 Wright, Noel J. (Calkins, James A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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