Mine detail: Parnell Hill Mine

Previously called 'Bloody Cut'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.16763, -93.71131

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Secondary:	Antimony
Ore:	Calomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite
Gangue:	Dickite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PIPE AND TABULAR
Other material:	Stibnite
Discovery year:	1931

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Gap Ridge Sandstone Member, Sandstone;Stanley Shale, Sandstone & Shale
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic, Fold Near Middle Of Hill. Strike-Slip Fault Of 600-1500. Ft. Displacement.
Alteration processes:	Argillic Alteration

References

MRDS	M055078
DEP	10040355
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-C}{Deposit:: USGS, 1942, BULL. 936-H}{Deposit:: DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU MINES, DRILLIN}{Production:: USGS, 1937, BULL 886-C}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.