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Arkansas has had a rich mining and mineral collection history. The primary areas of interest are the Ozark region (north) and Ouachita Mountains (west central). The south and eastern portions of the state are in the Gulf Coastal Plain. The Ozarks have a number of metal mines, while the Ouachita's are known for clear quartz crystals, a state park where you can hunt diamonds and a number of mineralogically rich carbonatites (Magnet Cove).

References

- Howard, J. M. (1987): Mineral Species of Arkansas: A Digest. Bull. 23 Ark. Geol. Comm., 182 pp.
- Smith, Arthur E., Jr. (1996): Collecting Arkansas Minerals. L. Ream Publishing, Idaho, 149 pp.
- Smith, Arthur E., Jr. (1988): Arkansas Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals 63: 104-125.

External Links

http://www.geology.ar.gov/bulletin_info/Bulletin%2023_v.pdf

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite Aegirine Aenigmatite Aeschynite-(Y) Albite var: Andesine var: Oligoclase 'Albite-Anorthite Series' 'Allanite' Allanite-(Ce) Allanite-(La) Allophane Almandine Alunite 'Amber' 'Amphibole Group' Analcime Anatase 'Ancylite' Andradite var: Melanite Anglesite Anhydrite Ankerite Annite Anorthite var: Labradorite Anorthoclase 'Apatite' 'var: Carbonate-rich Apatite' 'Apophyllite' Apophyllite-(KF) Aragonite Arfvedsonite Arsenopyrite Artsmithite (TL) Asbolane Astrophyllite Astrophyllite Group Augite var: Titanian Augite Aurichalcite Azurite Baddeleyite 'Bartholomite' Baryte Barytocalcite Barytolamprophyllite 'Bastnäsite' Bastnäsite-(Ce) Bastnäsite-(La) 'Bauxite' Beidellite Bementite Benitoite Benstonite (TL) 'Bentonite' Beraunite Biotite Bismuthinite 'Bitumen' Bixbyite Böhmite Bokite Braunite Britholite-(Ce) 'Britholite Group' Brochantite Brookite Brucite Burbankite Cacoxenite 'Calcareous Tufa' Calcite var: Limestone Onyx Calomel Cancrinite Catapleiite Celadonite Celestine Cerussite Cervantite 'Chabazite' Chabazite-Ca Chalcopyrite Chamosite 'Chlorite Group' Chromite Chrysocolla Chrysotile Churchite-(Y) Cinnabar 'Clay' 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' 'Coal var: Lignite' Cookeite Copper Corundum Covellite Crandallite Cristobalite Cryptomelane

Cuprite Daubréelite Delindeite (TL) Diadochite Diamond 'Diatomaceous Earth' Dickite Diopside var: Chromian Diopside 'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series' Dolomite Dufrénite Duttonite Edenite Edgarbaileyite Eggletonite (TL) Eglestonite Elpidite Enargite Epidote Eudialyte Evansite 'Fahlunite' 'Feldspar Group' 'var: Sunstone' Felsőbányaite Ferberite 'Fergusonite' Fergusonite-(Ce) Ferrimolybdite Ferroceladonite Ferrohornblende Fersmite Fervanite 'Florencite' Florencite-(Ce) Fluorapatite var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite Fluorite Forsterite Freibergite Fülöppite Gaidonnayite Galena var: Argentiferous Galena Ganophyllite 'Garnet' Gibbsite Glauconite Goethite Gonnardite Gorceixite Goslarite Graftonite Graphite Greenockite Grossular var: Hessonite Gypsum var: Alabaster var: Satin Spar Gypsum var: Selenite Haggertyite (TL) Halloysite Halotrichite Hausmannite Hedenbergite Helvite Hematite Hemimorphite Hercynite 'Heulandite' Hewettite 'Hornblende' Hydroxylapatite var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite ? Hydrozincite Hypersthene Illite Ilmenite Ilvaite Iron var: Kamacite Jamesonite Jarosite Jeppeite Joaquinite-(Ce) 'Joaquinite Group' Johannsenite Johnsomervilleite Kaersutite Kainosite-(Y) Kaolinite Kassite 'K Feldspar' 'var: Adularia' Kidwellite (TL) Kimzeyite (TL) Kingite Kolbeckite Kupletskite Labuntsovite-Fe 'Labuntsovite Group' Labuntsovite-Mn

Laubmannite Laubmannite (of Moore) Låvenite Lazurite Lenoblite Leucite Leucosphenite Leucoxene Limonite Linarite Lipscombite Lithiophorite Livingstonite Loparite-(Ce) Lorenzenite Lourenswalsite (TL) Mackinawite Magnesio-arfvedsonite Magnesite var: Ferroan Magnesite Magnetite Malachite Malhmoodite (TL) 'Manganese Oxides var: Manganese Dendrites' Manganite Marcasite Melanterite 'Melilite' Mercury Mesolite Meta-autunite Metacinnabar Metahewettite Metaschoderite Metatyuyamunite Metavariscite 'Mica Group' Microcline Millerite Minnesotaite Miserite (TL) Molybdenite 'Monazite' Monazite-(Ce) Monticellite Montmorillonite Montroseite Montroydite Mordenite Mosandrite Muscovite Narsarsukite Natrolite Navajoite Nenadkevichite Neotocite Nepheline Niter Nontronite Nosean 'Olivine' 'var: Peridot' Opal var: Diatomite var: Geyserite var: Opal-AN var: Precious Opal var: Siliceous sinter Orthoclase Oxyplumboroméite Palygorskite Paramontroseite Paraumbite 'Parisite' Parisite-(Ce) Pectolite var: Manganoan Pectolite Pentlandite Perhamite Perovskite var: Dysanalyte Petedunnite 'Petrified Wood' Phlogopite Phosphosiderite 'Pinite' Planerite Polylithionite Prehnite Priderite Pseudobrookite 'Pseudoleucite' 'Psilomelane' Pyrite Pyrochlore Group var: Strontiopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977) Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyrope Pyrophanite Pyrophyllite

'Pyroxene Group' Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Agate var: Amethyst var: Arkansas Candle var: Aventurine var: Chalcedony var: Chert var: Citrine var: Jasper var: Milky Quartz var: Rock Crystal var: Smoky Quartz Ranciéite Rectorite (TL) Rhabdophane-(Ce) Rhodochrosite Richterite Riebeckite Rinkite Rockbridgeite Romanèchite ? Roméite Group var: Stibiconite Roscoelite Ruthenium ? Rutile var: Ilmenorutile var: Strüverite Sanidine Schoderite Schorlomite (TL) Seidite-(Ce) Sérandite 'Serpentine Group' Siderite Siderophyllite Sigloite 'Silica' Sincosite 'Smectite Group' Smithsonite 'Soapstone' Sodalite var: Hackmanite Sphalerite Spinel var: Chromspinel Stanfieldite Stannite Stevensite Stibnite 'Stilbite' Straczekite (TL) Strengite Strontianite Sulphur 'Synchysite' Synchysite-(Ce) 'Synchysite Group' Tainiolite Talc Tennantite Terlinguaite Tetraferriannite Tetraferriphlogopite Tetrahedrite Tetranatrolite Thaumasite 'Thomsonite' Thomsonite-Ca Thorite Titanite Tobermorite 'Tourmaline' Tremolite Tridymite Troilite Turquoise Ulvöspinel Uvite Valentinite Variscite Vermiculite Vesuvianite Violarite Vivianite 'Wad' Wavellite Witherite Wollastonite Wulfenite Wurtzite Xenotime-(Y) Yofortierite 'Zeiringite' Zinkenite Zircon Zircophyllite

429 entries listed. 296 valid minerals. 13 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

USA Arkansas Baxter Co. Michigan Mine Shiras prospect (Baker Diggings) Benton Co. Boone Co. Harrison Zinc District West Sugarloaf-Halden Creek District Zinc District Carroll Co. Berryville Crystal Mountain (Brawley deposit) Eureka Springs Clark Co. Caddo Mine Humphrey No. 34 Mine (Hill 34 Mine; Mercury Mining Corp. Mine) Humphrey No. 6 Mine Conway Co. Morrilton Crawford Co. Cross Co. Fulton Co. Moko Copper prospect Garland Co. Avant Blue Springs Crystal Mountain Crystal Springs Hot Springs Jessieville Marble Township Mountain Pine wavellite location Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs) Greene Co. Hempstead Co. Washington Hot Spring Co. Magnet Cove Rayburn barite prospect Howard Co. Dierks Barite District Howard County Celestite District Southwest Arkansas Mercury District Independence Co. Batesville District Sandtown meteorite Izard Co. Batesville Manganese District Jackson Co. Newport meteorite Lawrence Co. Lawrence County Zinc District Little River Co. Madison Co. Delaney Marion Co. Big Music-Sister Creek District Cedar Creek-Boat Creek-CPW District Dodd City District Georges Creek-Jimmie Creek District Greasey Creek - Hampton Creek - Clear Creek District Maumee-Water Creek District Panther Creek - Ingram Creek District Rush Creek District Short Mountain District Tomahawk District Warner Creek-Halls Mountain District Wood's Mine Zinc District Montgomery Co. Boone Springs Creek prospect Crystal Mountain Fancy Hill District Gap Mountain prospect Glenwood Mauldin Mt. Mt Ida Norman Ouachita Mts Manganese District Polk Creek Mountain prospect Silver

USA Arkansas Nevada Co. Rosston Newton Co. Davis Creek-Hurricane Branch District Little Buffalo River District Mount Hersey-Lower Cave District Ponca-Boxley District Sneeds Creek Upper Cave Creek District Perry Co. Game Preserve Mine Iron Springs Mine Pike Co. Bear Creek prospect Bemis Hill Delight Funderburk prospect Glenwood Highland Hudgins prospect Lake Greeson Mill Creek prospect Muddy Fork Mining Company Mine Murfreesboro Nutts Ouachita Mts Manganese District Pike City prospect Polk Co. Bee Mountain prospect Boar Tusk Mountain prospect Buckeye Mountain (Blaylock Mountain) Cossatot River prospect Gilham Mena Ouachita Mts Manganese District Shady Two Mile Creek prospect Viles Creek prospect Pulaski Co. Ferndale Little Rock Mount Pleasant Churh wavellite locality Pulaski Bauxite District Saline Co. Lake Winona Olsen Switch Paron Salem Stand on Your Head 2 Mine Unnamed ruthenium locality Williams Junction Quartz Workings Scott Co. Blue Ball Kimberlite Searcy Co. Davis Creek-Hurricane Branch District Kimball Creek-Rock Creek District Maumee-Water Creek District St Joe District Tomahawk Creek District Sevier Co. Gillham Lockesburg Lucky 13 deposit Sharp Co. Zinc District St. Francis Co. Washington Co. Farmington Fayetteville Fayetteville Bowling Alley Unnamed locality White Co. Searcy Yell Co.