Mine detail: Rock Fence Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

34.15124, -93.83298

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Dickite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Gap Ridge Sandstone Member, Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic
Alteration processes:	Sandstone Is Locally Silicified.

References

MRDS	M055093
DEP	10040367
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-C}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.