Mine detail: Yenglin Prospect

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Location: Pike County, Arkansas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.16624, -93.70742
dep_id: 10092574
mrds_id: M055087
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Dickite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Surface
alteration: Argillic Alteration
ore_ctrl: Faults In Sandstone And Sharp Folds
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R.
hrock_unit: Gap Ridge Sandstone Member Of Stanley Shale. 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, Close Folds
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-C
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
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