Dierks Quartz Area No.4

Past Producer in Garland county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Silica
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186993
MAS/MILS ID 0050510032
Record type Site
Current site name Dierks Quartz Area No.4
Alternate or previous names Coleman's Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -93.10268, 34.66152 (WGS84)
Elevation 253
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garland(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jessieville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Ouachita(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ouachita Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Ouachita(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Red-Ouachita(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Garland

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 001 S 020 W 12 W2W2 Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Quartz crystals mined for tourist and specimen trade.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 40
USGS model code 13g
Deposit model name Quartz veins contained in pegmatites

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -93.10268, 34.66152

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 E
    Dip 45 N
    Length 304.8M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dierks Lumber And Coal Co 1943
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1943
  • Type Operator
    Owner Charles Jackson
    Home office Arkansas
    Year 1952
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Charles Coleman
    Home office Jessieville, AR
    Year 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTLESVILLE FILE 1952

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-83 Long U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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