| Basis for focus area |
Outline based on point data from previous mine workings. |
| Identified resources |
Historical production of manganese. |
| Production |
Minor Mn production up to the 1960s. |
| Status |
Past mining; no current mining or exploration. |
| Estimated resources |
Unknown. |
| Geologic maps |
Miser and Purdue (1929), scale 1:125,000; Haley and Stone (2006), scale 1:125,000. |
| Geophysical data |
Adequate Rank 1 magnetic and aeroradiometric coverage (McCafferty and Brown, 2020b). |
| Favorable rocks and structures |
Arkansas Novaculite Formation. |
| Deposits |
Fagan mine (MRDS dep_id: 10162538,) Nelson mine (MRDS dep_id: 10138500). |
| Evidence from mineral occurrences |
MRDS. |
| Geochemical evidence |
No data. |
| Geophysical evidence |
None. |
| Evidence from other sources |
Unknown. |
| Cover thickness and description |
Ore exposed at the surface. |
| Authors |
Corbin Cannon, W.D. Hanson. |
| New data needs |
High resolution geophysics. |
| Geologic mapping and modeling needs |
None requested at this time. |
| Geophysical survey and modeling needs |
High-resolution, Rank 1 aeromagnetic and radiometric surveys. |
| Digital elevation data needs |
Lidar adequate. |
