Mine detail: Bessie

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.35202, -92.97518

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, POCKETS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Alteration processes:	Heavily Weathered

References

MRDS	W032531
DEP	10100258
Reference	ANNUAL RPT. OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ARK. FOR 1892 (PUB. DEC. 1900), VOL. V, THE ZINC & LEAD REGION OF N-ARKANSAS, BY STATE GEOLOGIST JOHN C. BRANNER,.......P. 78-79; USGS RESTON LIBRARY (241) AR5. (SEE YELLVILLE SHEET IN THAT BOOK
Reporter	Wright, Noel J. (Calkins, James A.)