Mine detail: Pyle Prospect

Previously called 'Will Pyle Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.15291, -93.82437

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Barite, Dickite, Limonite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1931-1946

Geology

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

References

MRDS	M055094
DEP	10103778
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS, 1937, BULL. 886-C}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.