Mine detail: Atlas Quicksilver

Previously called 'Atoka'

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Location: Pike County, Arkansas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.19819, -93.51991
dep_id: 10092573
mrds_id: M055046
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
ore_ctrl: Faults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R.
hrock_unit: Gap Ridge Sandstone, Penn., Sandstone
hrock_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:
  • Deposit:: USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-C
  • Deposit:: CHESTER, 1965, MERCURY IN ARKANSAS, USBM IC 8252
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