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Monte Cristo mine ("Monte Christo" mine), Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas, USA

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A zinc mine in fractured Everton Dolomite. Closed 1962.

Note: "Monte Christo" is a misnomer.

Refs.:
- Stroud et al. (1969).
- USGS Bull. 853.
- Rocks & Minerals, 1988(?), 63, 112.
- Rocks & Minerals, 1989, V.64, no. 4, 284-292.





Mineral List:
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, 64, 288-292.]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, 64, 288-292.]
    Site Photo
    Monte Cristo mine ("Monte Christo" mine), Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas, USA
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, 64, 288-292.]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, 64, 288-292.]
  		•  Enargite
    Cu
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    4
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, 64, 288-292.]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, 64, 288-292.]
  		•  Hydrozincite
    Zn
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, 64, 288-292.]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, 64, 288-292.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, 64, 288-292.]
  		•  Smithsonite
    ZnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, 64, 288-292; Richardson, PJ, A.U. Falster, and W.B. Simmons (1996) Smithsonite from the Rush Creek Zinc District, Marion County, Arkansas. Rocks and Minerals 71(3), 200. ]
    Site Photo
    Monte Cristo mine ("Monte Christo" mine), Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas, USA
    © John Sobolewski
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, 64, 288-292.; Econ Geol (1992) 87:1897-1905]
  		•  'Zeiringite'
    Reference: [www.tucsonshow.com/reports/tucson2001/p2.shtml]


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