Mine detail: Unnamed Ruthenium Occurrence

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.77734, -92.71489

Resource(M)

Primary: Ruthenium
Gangue: Barite, Galena, Monazite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Sphalerite, Xenotime
Orebody form: GRAINS WITHIN CONCRETION-LIKE STRUCTURES
Discovery year: 1987

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Stanley Shale
Host type:Shale
Associated type:Lamprophyre
Tectonic:Ouachita Mountains

References

MRDSMP00293
DEP10048678
Reference{Deposit:: J. MICHAEL HOWARD, ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMISSION, WRITTEN COMMUN., 1994}{Deposit:: HOWARD, J.M., 1987, MINERAL SPECIES OF ARKANSAS, A DIGEST: ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION, ADDENDA INSERT.}{Deposit:: MILTON, CHARLES, STONE, C.G., AND DWORNIK, E.J., 1986, AN ENIGMATIC SILICEOUS ROCK FROM THE STANLEY SHALE, ARKANSAS: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 18, NO. 3, P. 255.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.