Mine detail: East Gap Ridge Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

34.16069, -93.73298

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Calomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Dickite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1931

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Stanley Shale Penn. Sandstone, Shale;Gap Ridge Sandstone Member Of The Stanley Shale Penn. Sandstone
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
Alteration processes:	Argillic

References

MRDS	M055052
DEP	10040334
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU MINES REPT. OF INV. 4737}{Deposit:: USGS, 1942, BULL. 936-H}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, (PERSONAL FILES)}{Deposit:: DIREXPL USBM IN EARLY 194 *{Production:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.