CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
56 United States (Arkansas) 36.07.12 N -- 092.24.36 W Northern Arkansas District Zn; Pb
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Northern Arkansas District
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Arkansas
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: past producer
Deposit object located: centroid of district
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Geological ages: Early Ordovician (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Mineralogy: sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite, marcasite, enargite, dolomite, calcite, chert, adularia, quartz
References:
McKnight, E. T., 1935
Zinc and Lead Deposits of Northern Arkansas
Bulletin, United Sates Geological Survey ( cooperation with the Arkansas Geological Survey), United States Department of the Interior, Publication code 853, 311 p., 5 maps.

Production data: Report period: from 1907 until 1930; 62,853 short ton zinc concentrat; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Weight-commodity information:Zn: 23,919 short ton
Reference: McKnight, E. T., 1935: Zinc and Lead Deposits of Northern Arkansas; Bulletin, United Sates Geological Survey ( cooperation with the Arkansas Geological Survey), United States Department of the Interior, Publication code 853, 311 p., 5 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1907 until 1930; 1,903 short ton lead concentrat; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Weight-commodity information:Pb: 1,490 short ton
Reference: McKnight, E. T., 1935: Zinc and Lead Deposits of Northern Arkansas; Bulletin, United Sates Geological Survey ( cooperation with the Arkansas Geological Survey), United States Department of the Interior, Publication code 853, 311 p., 5 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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