Mine detail: Cox Prospect

Previously called 'J.J. Cox Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.17652, -93.64714

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Stanley Shale, Shale & Sandstone;Gap Ridge Sandstone Member Of Stanley Shale
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic, Thrust Faults And Close Folds

References

MRDSM055051
DEP10040333
Reference{Deposit:: USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-C}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, (PERSONAL FILES)}{Deposit:: CHESTER, 1965, MERCURY IN ARKANSAS, USBM IC 8252}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R.