Location: | Sevier, Clark, Pike County, Arkansas, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 34.10013, -93.7002 |
dep_id: | 60000974 |
mrds_id: | M055045 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury |
Minor mineral: | Antimony |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | CAVITY FILLING, FRACTURE COATING, DISSEMINATED |
Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
alteration: | ARGILLIC ALTERATION |
ore_ctrl: | FAULT INTERSECTIONS, SHARP FOLDS, AND INTERSECTIONS OF SANDSTONE BEDS WITH MAIN FAULT ZONE ARE FAVORABLE STRUCTURES. |
Structure: | STEEP REGIONAL S DIP TO CARBONIFEROUS FORMATIONS. OVERTHRUST BLOCK CUT BY NE TEAR FAULTS, BEDDING PLANE FAULTS, AND N-S FAULTS WITH WEST SIDE MOVING RELATIVELY NORTH. TWO TYPES OF SMALL FOLDS FORMED BY E-W COMPRESSION. ; REG.TRENDS: THRUST FAULTING FROM S IN LATE PALEOZOIC. |
dy_ba: | > |
disc_yr: | 1930 |
References: |
- BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
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