Mine detail: North Star Mine

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Location: Marion County, Arkansas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.31038, -92.67937
dep_id: 10096594
mrds_id: W032560
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Smithsonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Much Decayed Host Rocks; Some Of Sphalerite Has Dissolved
ore_ctrl: Breccia Joints
Reporter: Wright, Noel J. (Calkins, James A.)
hrock_type: Dolomite
References:
  • ANNUAL 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. 104-106 USGS RESTON (241) AR5 (SEE YELLVILLE SHEET IN THIS BOOK
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