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Vesuvianite from
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA


Locality type:Census-designated Place
Classification
Species:Vesuvianite
Formula:Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vesuvianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:652179
Long-form Identifier:1:3:652179:0
GUID (UUID V4):084281ad-9596-4951-9332-dda88084c881
Localities for Vesuvianite in this Region
Cove Creek Bridge and The Branch area, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
Jones Mill Quarry (Martin Marietta Quarry; Highway 51 Quarry; Mid-State Quarry), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
Kimzey Calcite Quarry (Calcite Hill), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
Kimzey Magnetite Mine, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
References
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MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS, STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS...Jr. and J. Michael Howard MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS...Michael Howard 16001 Vimy Woods Road Mabelvale, Arkansas 72103 E-mail: jmichaelhoward@sbcglobal.net ©...Additional Magnet Cove Mineral Occurrences……………………………… 49 Part 2 – Minerals of Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County...County, Arkansas and Vicinity……………………..... 49 Part 3 – Briefs of the Important Mineral Locations of Magnet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAGNET COVE, ARKANSAS By CARL M. WELCH South Dakota School of Mines Box 1 197, Rapid City, S.D. 57701...57701 Magnet Cove has been an area of of punishment since much walking will great mineralogic interest since...natural magnet in the soil and its picks and sledges. Small tools are also basin-like shape. The Cove is located...northern Hot Spring County, Arkansas could be used. A good knapsack is of about 12 miles east of Hot Springs...places where Cove Creek enters and the text as being closed. However, Mr. leaves the Cove. Kimzey will
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
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Carolina State University] at 12:21 10 March 2015 Magnet Cove is a ring-dike complex of alkalic igneous rocks...outer rim of the Cove consists of erosion-resistant syenite. The low interior of the Cove consists of ijolites...portion of Magnet Cove’s interior. Collecting Microminerals Cove Creek, Magnet Cove, Arkansas Unless otherwise...microminerals I could find in Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, where I had been collecting whenever...whenever possible since 1958. Magnet Cove was definitely not known for its microminerals at that time
Report (issue)
AGES Brochure Series 004 Magnet Cove A synopsis of its geology, lithology and mineralogy. Brookite...Angela Chandler 2007 Arkansas Geological Survey, Bekki White, State Geologist Magnet Cove is an area of unusual...located in northern Hot Spring County, Arkansas, about 12 miles east of the city of Hot Springs. U.S. Highway...Highway 270B (Arkansas Highway 51) passes east-west across the center of the Cove. The Cove lies at the...Ouachita Mountains (Fig. 1). Adjacent to the Magnet Cove intrusion, ridges and valleys are the topographic
Report (issue)
a = 12.46 Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA. 1.667 (10), 2.539 (9), 2.79 (8), 3.12... 6.43 3.32 30.25 101.6 100.33 (1) Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA; corresponding to (Ca3:11 Fe2+ 0:07 Mg0:07...carbonatite associated with ijolite (Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA); in a shoshonitic basaltic lava (Stromboli...perovskite, anhydrite, vesuvianite, biotite, pyrite (Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA). Distribution: In the...the Kimzey quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA. On Stromboli, Lipari Islands, Italy. Name:
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...r r 1 0WH4T «MII( ' I I ►UCAJ4I s;r_ I HOT tAAIHC SCVICA I CA A *T I JCffCASO* ' *«< AHS...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.
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...three-day trip to the Little Rock, Hot Springs, and Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by
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...field trip to the Little Rock, Hot Springs, and Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by
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News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...http://www.iea.com/-lream Web address change for Arkansas site A few months ago, the Mineral News ran a...informed me that there is a new address for the Arkansas Rockhound: http://RockhoundingAR.com Tax time...blast!G> Collecting Arkansas Minerals By Arthur E. Smith, Jr. The only book on Arkansas Minerals: 149 pages... area where most Arkansas minerals occur, with most quartz, localities, Magnet Cove., etc., only $14
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description...minerals of Magnet Cove, continued with mining in north­ ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove during the...throughout the state and extensive collecting in Magnet Cove. In the 1900s, mining and minerals continue to...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
KIMZEYITE, A ZIRCONIUM GARNET F-RONIMAGNET COVE, ARKANSAS* Cuanr-Bs Mtr-roN, Br-eNcuB L. INcn.Llr...dodecahedrons modified by trapezohedron at Nlagnet Cove, Arkansas' in a carbonatite with abundant apatite, monticellite... magnetite, ancl minor biotite, pyrite, and vesuvianite It is dark brorvn, H about 7, isotropic, insoluble...been found in other garnets (schorlomite frorn Magnet Cove, melanite Irom Kaiserstuhl, Germany, and titanian...with Magnet Cove mineralogy. Ixrnorucrtox During geologicaistudy of the Magnet Cove, Arkansas' carbonatite
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Shockley's comprehensive survey of collecting in Magnet Cove, Arkansas was but one of the many outstanding articles...with timeless appeal to mineral stu­ dents. The Magnet Cove locality has remained a prime collecting site...MINERALS Mineral Collecting Magnet Cove, June, 1948 in Arkansas By W O O D L A N D G . S H O C...E Y Since early in the nineteenth cen­ tury Magnet Cove has been one of the world's most famous mineral...Unfortunately, most of the published material on the Cove is either out of print or is otherwise hard to obtain;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NOTES AND NEWS MAGNET COVE, ARKANSAS, Wlr.r.t.a.u L. Hllrolr, AND VICINITY Alabama Museum oJ Natural'...yesterday when the Red Men roarned the forests of Arkansas they found a happy hunting ground, the realization...mineralogists and geologists. For over a century Magnet Cove, Arkansas, has been visited by mineralogists and geologists...its treasures. Magnet Cove is located on Arkansas Highway No. 6, twelve miles east of Hot Springs. As the...external appearance and general features of the cove many have believed this to be an ancient volcanic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Crystals from the KIMZEY CALCITE QUARRY Magnet Cove, Arkansas Downloaded by [University of California...END of the Ouachita Mountains in central Arkansas, Magnet Cove has been a mineral collecting locality for...the contact metamorphic and altered rocks give Magnet Cove a variety of diverse collecting localities. The...portion of Magnet Cove, just north of State Highway 54 and northwest of its bridge over Cove Creek. Landes...perovskite variety dysanalyte, wollastonite, pyrite, vesuvianite, rutile, phlogopite, and thomsonite. Additional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
URANIUM CONTENTS OF CARBONATITE MINERALS, MAGNET COVE, ARKANSAS, U.S.A. E.B. LEDGER 1, M.W. ROWE 2 and J...minerals, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, U.S.A. Chem. Geol., 69: 165-169. Carbonatite from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, was...d u c t i o n The carbonatite body at Magnet Cove, Arkansas, occurs in the interior of a 16-km 2 ring...mostly of calcite with monticellite, pyrite, vesuvianite, carbonate-apatite, magnetite and Nb-rich perovskite...brownish-gray granular aggregates, dark-green masses of vesuvianite and small pyrite cubes. Magnetite and Nb-perovskite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universitv of California. MOLYBDENITEAT MAGNET COVB,ARKANSAS V. G. Srnrcr'r, University of Arkonsas,... Fayeileailie,Arkansos. Magnet Cove, Arkansas, has long been famous for the wide variety of its mineral...authority. On the annual spring field trip from the University of Arkansas in 1940, molybdenite was found...found near the north rim of the Cove on the northwest bank of cove creek in the southwest quarter, of...geyserite which is found at other localities within the cove. Masses (up to four inches in diameter) of granular
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hydrothermal Inclusions in Carbonatite of the Magnet Cove Complex, Arkansas \ Bruce E. Nesbitt and William C. Kelly...U.S.A. Abstract. The carbonatite at Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA contains a great variety and abundance...complex. Numerous secondary inclusions in the Magnet Cove calcite contain an intriguing variety of daughter...Introduction The carbonatite in the Magnet Cove Complex of central Arkansas contains a variety of magmatic...once-fluid inclusions of the quality seen in Magnet Cove minerals. A survey of 150 polished inclusion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARKANSAS — HAVEN FOR THE ROCK-HOUND By LOU OBERSTE, Director Publicity Arkansas Publicity and Parks Commission...Commission State Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas In the early prehistoric days when the earth was in...of explosive and chaotic experiences that made Arkansas a real "bonanza" for the rockhound. A specimen...rock found in the United States can be found in Arkansas, and one stone—the diamond —is found only here...lode" for the rock prospector is in the Magnet Cove area near Hot Springs, where almost one hundred mineral
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: San Bernardino Co., California, USA. 2.666 (100), 3.637 (40), 2.586 (40), 4.185 (35)...100.00 (1) Crestmore, California, USA. (2) Cascade Lake, New York, USA; by electron microprobe. (3) CaMgSiO...Gehlenite, spinel, calcite, merwinite, Âş akermanite, vesuvianite, apatite, cuspidine. Distribution: Some localities...Scawt Hill, near Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland. In the USA, at Crestmore, Riverside Co., California; on Cascade...Mountain, Essex Co., New York; at Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas. In Canada, at Isle Cadieux and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen, Harold...Acanthite, 25 Actinolite, Colorado, 302 Aegirine, Arkansas, 181 Aguilarite, 27 Albite, Minas Gerais, 313...310-13 Amethyst Discovery on Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, W. B. Thompson, 44-51 Anatase, Colorado...Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite, Arkansas, 182 Anglesite, Colorado...16-38 Benitoite, California, 379, 392-95 Biotite, Arkansas, 185 Blakeite, 367 Boleite,27 Bookplates, 108-11
Report (issue)
then typically titaniferous. Association: Vesuvianite, chlorite, epidote, spinel, calcite, dolomite...Sineretschenskoje, north of Vladivostock. In the USA, from Stanley Butte, Graham Co., Arizona; on Garnet...Hill, Sussex Co., New Jersey; from Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas; and on Prince of Wales Island,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
monticellite, clinohumite, wollastonite, grossular, vesuvianite, tremolite, scapolitegroup minerals, calcite...Baicheng. Diopside from the Handan iron mine, Wu’an County, Handan Prefecture, Hebei Province, occurs in crystals...Region, in small, dark crystals, associated with vesuvianite. An unusual locality in the collection is the...district; Chilas, Diamer, in association with vesuvianite; Hurchas, Baltistan, in association with epidote...reach lengths of 2 cm and are associated with vesuvianite, grossular, and clinochlore. Diopside is rarely
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.............482 MJNERAL COLLECTING IN MAGNET COVE, ARKANSAS. By Woodland G. Shockley .................ltrits swdl entJ· MINERAL COLLECTING IN MAGNET COVE. ARKANSAS UQJ. 11 bt ~est r two ~ nun- m. l...SHOCKLEY Sinre early in the nineteenth century ~fagnet Cove has been one of the world's most famous mineral...Unfortunately, most of the published material on the Cove is either out of print or is otherwise hard to obtain...minerals of Magner Cove was published in the annual report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas for 1890, entitled
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field work on the Iron Hill complex of Gunnison County, Colorado, in 1912-1913. Although his final results...decade. In the United States these include Magnet Cove, Arkansas (Erickson and Blade, 1963), Iron Hill, Colorado...carbonate-rich rocks that might have originated from a hot carbonatitic fluid genetically derived through some...include all those carbonate-rich deposits formed from hot fluids” —a useful extension. ° Thus, for descriptive...South Africa; Chilwa Island, N yasaland; Magnet Cove, Arkansas. In some cases the ring complex is arcuate
 
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