Mine detail: White Owl Claim

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.3348, -92.8524

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Ore: Smithsonite, Sphalerite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Calciferous Series
Host type:Dolomite
Alteration processes:Where Dolomite Fragments Have Dissolved, Open Texture Is Left In Siliceous Breccia. Porous Rock Fragments Of The Siliceous Breccia Are Strewn On Surface. Post-Mining Carbonate Has Formed From Exposed Sphalerite Fragments.

References

MRDSW032538
DEP10080995
ReferenceANNUAL REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ARKANSAS FOR 1892 (PUB. DEC, 1900), VOL V: THE ZN AND PB REGION OF NORTH ARK., BY STATE GEOLOGIST JOHN C. BRANNER, P. 83-84 USGS RESTON (241) AR5 (SEE YELLVILLE SHEET IN THAT BOOK
ReporterWright, Noel J. (Calkins, James A.)