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Pyrolusite from
American Mine, Ouachita Mountains Manganese Mining District, Polk County, Arkansas, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrolusite
Formula:Mn4+O2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrolusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view American Mine, Ouachita Mountains Manganese Mining District, Polk County, Arkansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:48572
Long-form Identifier:1:3:48572:4
GUID (UUID V4):9fe8bdbe-4ca6-4a00-832a-bd6e3959c006
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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...^^/COCU-.IA | I l t I I u L£Z.i I OAUAJ OUACHITA S CAI.MOW* (QAAOIC V. lCI 1 s I H C-ohaoCI---------------...703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. ArkansasOuachita Mountains 7.5 Minute Quadrangal Map index...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...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
Report (volume)
SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 427 MANGANESE DEPOSITS. OF THE UNITED STATES WITH SECTIONS ON...CHAPTER I. SOURCES OF MANGANESE ...................................... Manganese ores...................Table of manganese minerals....................................... 13 17 17 17 19 19 20 Manganese in the................................... CHAPTER II. MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES. ............................................... Origin of the manganese ores of the Piedmont region................. Commercial
Report (volume)
Resources of the Caney Creek Wilderness, Polk County, Arkansas By GEORGE E. ERICKSEN and SAM H. PATTERSON...resources of the Caney Creek Wilderness, Polk County, Arkansas. (Geological Survey bulletin; 1551) Bibliography:...no.: I 19.3:1551 1. Mines and mineral resources-Arkansas-Caney Creek Wilderness. 2. Caney Creek Wilderness...survey of the Caney Creek Wilderness, Arkansas, in the Ouachita National Forest. Caney Creek was established...- - - - - - - Mineral resources Exploration and mining in and near the Caney Creek Wilderness----Description
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............................................. Arkansas........................................................................................ 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
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 .
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it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...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
Book (volume)
Fourche and Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies, culminate in Harney...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc, along with lesser amounts of Beryllium...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...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
Report (volume)
GEOLOGY OF THE DE QUEEN AND CADDO GAP QUADRANGLES, ARKANSAS BY HUGH D. MISER AND A. H. PURDUE *"**» » ...------__ General geography and geology of the Ouachita Mountain region.-_-___ Surface features______..._______ General geography and geology of the Arkansas Valley _________ ____ 12 General geography...Bigfork chert..__--______-______--_____---______-_---_ Polk Creek shale.-____--_____.____________-. Silurian...system_________________ __________.____________ Arkansas novaculite.___---____-_-___-__-_--____-_-_-__
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...........................................19 Arkansas ................................................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...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
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...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...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Report (issue)
IRON AND MANGANESE. TONNAGE ESTIMATES OF CLINTON IRON ORE IN THE CHATTANOOGA REGION OF TENNESSEE, GEORGIA...one sense it comprises the so-called Rockwood district and may be considered to extend as far southward...ore is invariably left for roofs or pillars in mining operations, and much is necessarily impossible...Appalachians, ROCKWOOD DISTRICT. i LOCATION AND EXTENT. The Rockwood district lies in the Tennessee River...about 10 miles. The area is principally in Roane County. Ore has been mined in many places along the west
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on the east by high ridges of the Appalachian Mountains. It is geologically diverse. Traveling east from...Plateau. Continuing east beyond the Cumberland Mountains and Cumberland Plateau escarpment, the collector...(top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure
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...........................................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
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
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Hocking, Perry, and Coshocton counties. Early American settlers also quarried a rough, porous flintstone...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
Hocking, Perry, and Coshocton counties. Early American settlers also quarried a rough, porous flintstone...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
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 (article/letter/editorial)
At present am employed at Magma Copper Company's mine here in Superior. No doubt you are familiar with..."For the collector of lead minerals, the Red Cloud Mine in Yuma Co., Ariz., is of considerable interest...the scarce, vital metals it contained. "Today the mine is reached by a barely possable road from Martinez...and desolate regions in the state of Arizona." ARKANSAS—Magnet Cove in Hot Springs Co., Ark., is world...many minerals. It is a small community in central Arkansas but from now on may begin to grow as last September
Report (issue)
HOUSE OF THE GEORGIA COMPANY NEAR \YHlTE , BARTOW COUNTY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA S. W. McCALLIE... 35 REPORT ON THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA (SECOND HEPOR'l' ON MANGANESE) BY J. P. D. I!ULL...R. Crane of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, on the Manganese Deposits of Georgia, to be published as Bulletin...•....•....•.•••..• xv-xvi BY J, P. D. HULl, MANGANESE ••••••.•..••••••. • .• • .• • · · • · • · · ·.......... . Manganese ores ........................................... . Principal manganese minerals
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several counties. In addition, the TriState zinchead mining area, active for more than one hundred years, extends...as the Picher district, which is in the Oklahoma portion of the TriState. This district has probably produced...specimens is excellent. An example is the Arkansas Ouachita quartz crystal belt that extends into southeastern...October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Permian-age Crisfield Sandstone: malachite. Adair County Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E:
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2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a traditional favorite...specimen was a wavellite from one of the traditional Arkansas localities, for these have been available from...wavellite from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas; kevin Brown specimen, Joe Budd photo courtesy...Limestone Company quarry, Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The 2.8 × 2.7 × 1.5-cm specimen...Day Township, Saratoga County, New York; another at Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island; and one
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the southern end of the Appalachian chain of mountains. These ranges extend into the northeast corner...where Brasstown Bald, a part of the Nantahala Mountains achieve the highest elevation in the state at...in the northwest, where the Lookout and Sand mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily...Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plain (about 30% of the state),...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren
 
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