Mine detail: Yenglin Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.16624, -93.70742

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Gangue:	Dickite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Gap Ridge Sandstone Member Of Stanley Shale. 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, Close Folds
Alteration processes:	Argillic Alteration

References

MRDS	M055087
DEP	10092574
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-C}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.