Database name: |
World Mississippi Valley-type deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
D. F. Sangster |
Release date: |
2015-02-06 |
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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 carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | dolostone |
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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. |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1907 until 1930; 62,853 short ton zinc concentrat; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SWeight-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?: SWeight-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% |