Mine detail: Wheele* Property

Previously called 'Amity QuicksilverExplorationSchwartzbergAntoine QuicksilverCinnabar QueenDeering Mine.WheelerSeitz Lease'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.20319, -93.49408

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue: Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Stanley Shale, Shale
Host type:Shale
Structure:Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faulting From S In Late Paleozoic., Thrust Faults, Close Folds
Alteration processes:Argillic Alteration

References

MRDSM055085
DEP10040361
Reference{Deposit:: USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-C}{Deposit:: CHESTER, 1965, MERCURY IN ARKANSAS, USBM IC 8252}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R.