Mine detail: Post Boy

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Location: Marion County, Arkansas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.29591, -92.89185
dep_id: 10096598
mrds_id: W032574
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hemimorphite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR WITHIN HORIZON OF BRECCIATION
alteration: Solution Cavities Made By Weathering Of Sphalerite Crystals
Reporter: Wright, Noel J. (Calkins, James A.)
hrock_unit: St. Joe Marble
hrock_type: Quartzite
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. 120 USGS RESTON (241) AR5 (& YELLVILLE SHEET IN THAT BOOK
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