 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rush Creek Mining District MARION COUNTY, ARKANSAS A Synoptic View Situated in a part of the Ozarks along...the Rush district are rediscovered by newcomers each tourist season. J. MICHAEL HOWARD Arkansas Geological...Commission 3815 W . Roosevelt Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 Service; this area was entered on the National...is hoped that histori cal evidence relating to mining will now be preserved for the interest and education...prospects in northern Arkan sas, the Rush Creek mining district is recognized as the most important zinc-producing |  | | Journal (issue) | | Famous mineral localities: The Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas ..............................CHALCOPYRITE on TETRAHEDRITE, 15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the...Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved to be as rich as any in the...the world. During the last 200 years this mining region has produced an incredible variety of spectacular...INTRODUCTION This article will review the earliest days of mining in Cornwall and will include a brief description |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description...R K A N S A S H A S A R I C H M I N E R A L and mining heri tage that started in the early 1800s with...of Magnet Cove, continued with mining in north ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove during the Civil...extensive collecting in Magnet Cove. In the 1900s, mining and minerals continue to play important roles in...the state, with obvious peaks in exploration and mining having occurred during World Wars I and I I . |  | | Report (issue) | | D. WALCOTT, DEPO~TS DIRECTOR OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS BY GEOR.GE I. ADAlVIS ~\ SSI STED BY A. II.................. . Limits of the northern Arkansas district ....... : ........................ _·_.. ........ : .. _............. . Production of the district. ..... _..... __ ........ ~ .............. _...._______ . _____ ••. _. ___________ . ___ •. _. Rush Creek fault . _. _. ________ • ___________________..._________________________________________ Mill Creek .fault __________________________________ ... _ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARKANSAS' RUSH CREEK ZINC DISTRICT Part T w o : The Mines By Dana Martin Batory 4 0 2 E . B u c y i...44827 The Morning Star The Morning Star mine, discovered in Arkansas in 1884, became the first zinc property...the zinc carbonate the ore carried $8 per ton in silver. As the zinc had no value then, two smeltermen...to build a small stone smelter for reducing the silver ore, which could then be easily transported in...sand mold made at the smelter's bottom for the silver to run into. The first run of the smelter produced |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................22 Arkansas ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................19 Arkansas ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...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 ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE...University Library] at 19:58 29 October 2014 Barton County McKarrow’s coal bank (37-37N 94-28W), 2.5 miles...pyrite, siderite (Broadhead 1873b). Bates County Panther Creek, northwest of Rockville in coal deposits: |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |  | | Journal (issue) | | HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE Zinc and Lead Mining in the Arkansas Ozarks: An Introduction by Dale A. Richards...HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE The Ozark Uplift: Tn the Arkansas Zinc Field by Walter B. Stevens, edited and comments...R0ros Copper Works: Preservarion of an 18th Century Mining Complex by Jay L. Lininger 144 152 INDEX TO...destinations such as the Tilly Foster Mine, the Ruggles Mine and the Palermo Mine were now about to leap from the...their office vvas no more than a few miles from mine. Color separations for the covers were usually passed |  | | Report (volume) | | Bulletin 853 ZI CA D LEAD DEPOSITS OF ORTHER ARKANSAS BY EDWI T. McKNIGHT Prepared in coo pera tion...pper Cave Creek d i tricL _ _ ___ _______________ __________ __ M ount H ersey-lower Cave Creek di t ri..._____ ___ ~ill Creek distri ct_ __________________ _____ _______________ _ Davis Creek-Hurri cane Branch...____ Tomahawk Creek di tri cL _________________________ __ _____ _ ~aum ee-Water Creek d istrict____...ll C reek-Rock Creek district_______________ __ ___ ______ Pa nther Creek-Ingram Creek di t ri ct_ __ |  | | Book (volume) | | conditions: the Cumberland Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plain...Milledgeville, Macon, and Columbus. The first real Gold Rush in America occurred in Georgia following two simultaneous...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside |  | | Book | | Gems and Minerals in L.\merica Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware...the most ancient of all Egyptian burials, in the Valley of the Royal Tombs at Abydos west of the ancient...plant. A third was of turquoise, amethyst, and hollow gold balls held together with gold ,vire braided...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the |  | | 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...State and Federal Officials Associated with the Mining 5 Industry Introduction A Review Recommendation |  | | Book | | 15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium: silver (chairman R. W. Graeme) 25:69-76 New minerals recently...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73 |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Report (volume) | | of Science A. I. M. E__. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Aardrijksk Aardrijkskundig...cientiflca Circular' Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Devonian development diagram Direccidn Dissertation district distribution Division Doctoral, Document Doctoral...Meteorological, etc. microscopic, etc. Mimeographed Mineral, Mining mineral resources Mineralogic, etc. Miscellaneous...Trans_____ transl_____ transp_ Trav_____. Tennessee Valley Authority table Technical, etc. Technological, |  | | Report (volume) | | ; Garland Peyton, director, division of mines, mining, and geology, department of natural rnsources,...____ . _. _____ . ____________ . __________ ... _. Gypsum, by ForrestT. Moyer·--·---·-··-----------·----...the generous support of thousands of individual mine operators, distributors, and consurnors, as wdl...Bituminous-coal mining suffered the largest increase in its fotulity rate, mainly because of a series of mine disast;ars...Govnr.mn ('.nt C(lncern eel with d ofcnst~. 'l'ho Mining u.n |  | | Report (issue) | | Reports on Economical Ge- much ology, Cooper County and the South-West, have been very abri^ed and...Eastin, of St. Joseph ; Messrs. L. S. Banks, of Marion; Col. Prof. R. Middleton, and Branham & Norris...Difficulties of the Introduction. — Advantages and Mining, 38 ments, 43 Scientific ; ; to .30 Work,...158 Lead, Mines of the South- West, 159. —Turkey-Creek Mines, Mineral Point, 160; Moseley & Co.'s Mines...Cements, Road . 163 .... .... ; Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese, . 164 165 166 |  | | Report (volume) | | Tech. Paper; Bull.; Contr. -American Institute of Mining (and Metallurgical) Engineers, Transactions; Technical...13th Sess., Los Angeles, 1910, Proc. -American Mining Congress, 13th Annual Session, Los Angeles, 1910... Geol. Survey County Min. Rept.; Ann. Rept. -Arkansas Geological Survey, County Mining Report; Annual...Australasian In st. Mining and Metallurgy Proc.; Trans. :-Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy...Geology. San Francisco. Calif. Min. Jour. -California Mining Journal. Santa Cruz, Calif. Canada Supt. Mines |  | | Report (volume) | | well reports received from postmasters, town and county officials, and geologists in the field. Initial...18, pt. 5. The coal and pitch coal of the Newport mine, Oregon, by W. C. Day: A. R. 19, pt. 3... Petroleum...by C. W. Hayes: B. 213. Asphalt deposits of Pike County, Ark., by C. W. Hayes: B..213. Notes on the geology... Clinton County, Pa., by M. L. Fuller: B. 225. Oil and gas fields of eastern Greene County, Pa., by R...City, Utah, by G. B. Richardson: B. 260. Salt, gypsum, and petroleum in trans-Pecos Texas, by G. B. Richardson: |  | | Book (edition) | | sky-blue aquamarine Aff. Abbr. for the element silver. ( Schlossmacher) Names or pagodite. agalmatolite...lazuli from BadakFrom all of these the Chinese shan district, of Afghanistan, or fashion small images, miniature...translucent to semitransparent massive form of A gypsum. Usually snow-white color. Easily carved. CaS0...elements, as bronze, which is an alloy of copper and silver, or (2) two or more metallic and non- A Same...they spread from a gorge upon a plain, or an open valley bottom. alluvial stone. A mineral that has been |
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