 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Granite Mountain Syenite PULASKI AND SALINE COUNTIES, ARKANSAS Within the last few years, several new...HENRY L . BARWOOD Arkansas Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Arkansas Tech University Russellville...Russellville, Arkansas 72801 A C O M P L E X P L U T O N of medium- to coarse-grained, gray and brown...stretching from Benton in Saline County to the city limits of Little Rock in Pulaski County. The outcrops in Saline...Saline County are weath ered and poorly exposed except where bauxite mining has taken place. The outcrop |  | | Book | | Minerals of Arkansas ISSUED BUREAU OF BY MINES, MANUFACTURES AND AGRICULTURE STATE OF ARKANSAS W. N...N. WILKES, Commissioner 1925 MINERALS of ARKANSAS Published STATE BUREAU and by of MINES, MANUFACTURES...AGRICULTURE W. N. WILKES, Commissioner PUBLISHED in ARKANSAS 1925 INTRODUCTION of “Minerals an The book...the mineral exhaustive study of the State. as Arkansas” understand as their and the part the finished...paid or ores uses criticism of “Minerals of Arkansas” because of the fact that given State. our |  | | Book | | Collecting Arkansas JVlinerals A Reference and Guide By Arthur E. Smith, Jr. ,'T Collecting Arkansas...Box 2043 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83816-2043 iii Arkansas Counties 1 \ I •( 11 o •« c »««ou cxi ju4«iO«J...573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute Quadrangal...Quadrangal Map index. V Contents and Locality Index Arkansas Quartz Crystal Deposits Special Quartz Types....Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines...... |  | | Report (edition) | | STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN 23 MINERAL SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Revised...Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F. Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN...SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Revised 2007 Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL...Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS Bill Clinton, Governor ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F...Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by Mike Howard of the Arkansas Geological Commission |  | | Report (edition) | | STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN 23 S P EC I ES O F A RKA N SA A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard \ 1987... / ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F. Williams State Geologist s·' , STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN...23 SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION...State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS Bill Clinton, Governor ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman...Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by Mike Howard of the Arkansas Geological Commission |  | | Book | | M>f*es MANUFACTURES AND AGRICULTURE v MAP OF ARKANSAS Rur Reproduced on a reduced scale from map by...1 /. I y & ..vu. t u.vy UNIVERSITY OF I Arkansas," Washington, D. C., 1 907. , / \/ QUATERNARY...Mississippian ECONOMICS & SOCIOLO, Rocks MINERA IN ARKANSAS INCLUDING A REVIEW OF OIL AND GAS CONDITIONS...MINES, MANUFACTURES AND AGRICULTURE STATE OF ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK, ARK. 1922 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page...Features Principal Arkansas Minerals and Their Location by Counties Counties of Arkansas and Their Mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..................... 3 October 12-18 Trip to Arkansas ................................................us for a lot of fun! H October 12-18 Trip to Arkansas by Art Smith Member of the Houston Gem & Mineral...some rocks and minerals, I scheduled a trip to Arkansas. It being the weekend of the Mt. Ida Quartz Festival...obvious even when visiting some of the Garland County mines. I also planned to do some Magnet Cove collecting...Chinese minerals, particularly fluorite. Seeing good Arkansas minerals other than quartz was not the norm. However |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Collector's Newsletter $3.00 2008 Arkansas Aluminum Phosphates: Wavellite with Variscite... Introduction Wavellite has been collected in Arkansas since the middle of the 1800s. A drawing of a...wavellite specimen is included in Harvey ( 1886), Arkansas' first state mineralogy. Although way behind quartz...collectable mineral as specimens in Arkansas. Dug Hill in Garland County was the source of most early wavellite...Hot Spring County or from Montgomery County. Dug Hill was in fact part of Hot Spring County until December |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description...continued with mining in north ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove during the Civil War, and peaked...in full swing and the demand for and price of Arkansas quartz crystals has skyrocketed. In October 1987...exploited. Continued interest in and study of Arkansas minerals, par ticularly the microminerals, will...for their good companionship during my years of Arkansas collecting. Particular thanks goes to these hardcore |  | | Book | | Gove County Schermerhorn Cave, south of Galena, Cherokee County A waterfall in Cherokee County Sandstone...Sandstone in Chautauqua County Osro Falis, along the Caney River, Chautauqua County Burning grass in the Flint...Morris County Layers of flint in limestone, Riley County Glacial debris atop a hill, Wabaunsee County Alcove...Oregon Trail, Marshall County Pillsbury Crossing, along Deep Creek, Riley County Hart House, made of native...Stone fencepost, Russell County Mushroom Rocks State Park, Ellsworth County Two pinnacles in the Red |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Arkansas.................................................mineralogic reports, especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South...examination of the geology of western central Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1888, vol. 1...J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892, vol. 5...relative to the economic-geologic products of Arkansas, prepared for the Southern Commercial Congress |  | | Report (volume) | | Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas..........Dr. A. H. Purdue, Nashville, Tenn. California...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Journal (issue) | | Localities . Fluorite — King......................... Arkansas Aluminum Ores — Buhlis New Mexico Staurolite —...structural glass opaque. This is true not only for opal or milk glass but also for many of the other varied...Carpenter will be published. The Mineralogist 139 ARKANSAS ALUMINUM ORES Richard Buhlis Bauxite, Ark. BAUXITE...C. Brainier, in 1887, near Sweet Home, Pulaski County, about three miles south of Little Rock. Later...Later, large deposits were found in Saline County, about four miles east of Benton, where the Aluminum Com |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Book | | transformation led Haidinger to the premise that percolating saline solutions (Gebirgsfeuchtigkeit) containing MgSO4...should not be expected in nature except in highly saline soils and in marine or comparable environments...closed-packed arrangement of SiO2 sol spheres or opal-A. Calcite in the form of scalenohedra occurred...the extinction pattern of the calcite. Clear-opal (opal-A), therefore, appears to represent a pseudomorphic...of calcite pendants, whereas pore fillings dirty-opal represents alteration of primary minerals by the |  | | Journal (issue) | | News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone:208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com World...matrix about 2''2" x 2''2". The San Bernardino County Museum had a Case of copper minerals that was heavily...19, 1997 at 9:00 am - 5:00 pm At the Houghton County Arena, Hancock, Michigan {ndividual collector quality...arc a state outline showing the location and a county map showing the location. There are no maps showing... Chinese scheelitcs, Indian powellites, hyalite opal coatings, and calcites all were easily spoiled even |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................22 Arkansas ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map .............................................area Site Map ................................48 Arkansas – Carroll Co. Busch area Site Map ........... |  | | Book | | Dinosaur-Capitalsaurus fo, Fossil-Petrified Wood * Arkansas Gem-Diamond * Florida Gem-Moonstone Stone-Agatized...Metal-Silver Precious Gemstone-Virgin Valley Black Fire Opal Semiprecious Gemstone-Iurquoise Rock-Sandstone Soil-Orovada...made the “Magic City” of Birmingham, Jefferson County “The Pittsburgh of the South” during the turn of...feet thick, occurs near Sylacauga, in Talladega County, being fine-grained and mostly white, ofexceptional...white Sylacauga marble from Sylacauga, Talladega County, is considered among the finest white marble in |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................19 Arkansas ..................................................467 Appendix D - The Various names & Forms of Opal .......................................473 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................19 Arkansas ..................................................469 Appendix D - The Various names & Forms of Opal .......................................475 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a |  | | Report (issue) | | Marcasite Melanterite Meteorites Mica Muscovite Opal Onyx Orthoclase, Plagioclase Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyroxene...Onyx, Type I Occurrences.......................... Opal, Type I Occurrences .... Pearl and Mother-of-Pearl...River valley from Ashland, Saunders County, to Plattsmouth, Cass County; and along the Missouri River valley...near Fort Calhoun, Washington County, to near Nebraska City, Otoe County. Collectors come from many states...Elk Creek, Johnson County; Table Rock, Pawnee County; and Humboldt, Richardson County. Many interesting |  | | Catalog/List | | TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...$15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted in...Hill, Calaveras River, Valley Springs, Calaveras County, California: Really neat little buggers for sure...ANDRADITE GARNET: Hans Garnet Mine, Paradise, Plumas County, California: Very showy deep red garnets on matrix...WULFENITE: 320 foot level, Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Black coloration is caused by included |  | | Book | | sinkhole, Hamilton County 20 Bear Creek Fault 21 Cimarron River bed, Grant County 26 A dust storm near...Basin, Clark County 39 St. Jacob’s Well, Clark County 40 The bridge at Keiger Creek, Clark County Red Hills...Hills, Barber County 47 A slump feature, Barber County 48 Satin spar from the Red Hills 49 Flowerpot Mound...Mound, Barber County 50 The Arkansas River west of Winfield 60 62 A geode from the Winfield Limestone ...Chautauqua County 67 Big Brutus, Cherokee County 78 79 Phosphate nodules, Cherokee County Strip pits |  | | Book (volume) | | Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wyoming, Montana and Illinois. Detailed information...El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin Valley opal deposits was given by G. Keith Hodson of Scottsdale... Vill Acknowledgments diamonds of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, was performed by Howard A. Millar. Fred M. Bahovec...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken |  | | Journal (issue) | | EAST * ROCHESTER ac i ul * » 9, NEW MATERIAL OPAL—A new shipment of fiery Australian material. Pinfire...of tive children of whom they are very proud ARKANSAS BAUXITE REJUVENATED EDMOND PRESTON HY ATT Edmond...yellowish-white or red dish brown color. The state of Arkansas has long held the enviable position of having...subgrade bauxites which vet exist in abundance in Arkansas, al though most of the highgrade ores have been...been exhausted. The town of Bauxite, in Saline County (Concluded on Page 30) November, 1953 — Vol. 7, |
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