Mine detail: Atlas Quicksilver

Previously called 'Atoka'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.19819, -93.51991

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Gap Ridge Sandstone, Penn., Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems. ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic, Thrust Faults And Close Folds

References

MRDS	M055046
DEP	10092573
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-C}{Deposit:: CHESTER, 1965, MERCURY IN ARKANSAS, USBM IC 8252}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.