 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Moore and Ito, I978 ) from several localities in the USA and West Germany, where it forms greenish-yellow...B. a sample of kidwellite from Coon Creek mine, Polk County, Arkansas, which yielded an infrared spectrum...investing small cavities in a cellular quartz-goethite gozzan, and apparently pseudomorphous after a...when unaltered, and normally alters to b r o w n goethite, many specimens labelled 'dufrenite' from this...this locality in collections being actually of goethite. Kidwellite is rare here, and probably does not |  | | 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...friends in the Coon Creek Association for their good companionship during my years of Arkansas collecting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arkansas Phosphate Minerals A R E V I E W AND UPDATE The abundance and quality of Arkansas phosphate...N R Y L . BARWOOD Arkansas Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Arkansas Tech University Russellville...Russellville, Arkansas 72801 H E N R Y DELINDE 6 Homestead Court Mabelvale, Arkansas 72103 H A R D L Y...emerald-green crusts of variscite crystals from Arkansas. The abundance and quality of these specimens...minerals from Arkansas was made in 1877 when specimens (apparently from Montgomery County, Arkansas) were recognized |  | | 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...... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Street quarry, in Brookline, Massachusetts, the Emery mine in Chester, Massachusetts, and even to the Strickland...minerals and took a summer job at the Homestake mine in Lead, South Dakota. He also applied and was accepted...these strolls John noticed what appeared to be a mine dump. Upon closer examination, it was determined...determined to be a dumping area for the nearby Brookdale mine in Phoenixville. It was on this rubble pile that...Plumbago Mining are in the chapter titled “The Dunton Mine” in the recently published American Mineral Treasures |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS of Arkansas A survey phates of mineral that occur resources in several reveals Arkansas ALBERT...Houston, Texas 77079 My first serious exposure to Arkansas minerals was in the summer of 1948, when I was...assist in a sur vey of the mineral resources of Arkansas. Local landowners and prospectors were encouraged...prospect on Fodderstack Mountain, near Norman, Arkansas, which was further sampled in the field. I recognized...but a common love of Arkansas minerals has met at least once a year as the Coon Creek Mining and Recreational |  | | Journal (volume) | | on some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401... i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities of the...minerals can be collected. Due to the fact that the mine has been abandoned for several years, the lower...film of malachite. He*atite usually accompanies goethite. It commonly forms rosettes of shiny black crystals...are evidently replaced by hematite (see above). Goethite appears as delicate sprays of golden colored to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas; Indian Mountain, Alabama; Irish Creek, Virginia; Waldgirmes, West...mineral occurrences in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, including their paragenesis and probable modes...are nearly always associated with earlier formed goethite and variable amounts of manganese oxyhydroxides...Mountain, and Coon Creek mine in Polk County, and Fodderstack Mountain in Montgomery County. Kidwell discerned...sheaves of crystals and small spheres implanted upon goethite. Many other occurrences have been verified for |  | | Report (issue) | | X-ray Powder Pattern: Fodderstack Mountain, Arkansas, USA. 9.41 (100), 3.413 (55), 3.813 (40), 3.193 (40)...[100.08] 100.00 (1) Fodderstack Mountain, Arkansas, USA; original total given as 100.07%, corresponds...chalcosiderite, goethite. Distribution: In the USA, in Arkansas, from the Coon Creek and York mines, Polk Co; on...Cherokee Co.; at Irish Creek, Rockbridge Co., Virginia. In Germany, from the Rotläufchen mine, Waldgirmes, near...near Giessen, and the Eleonore mine, Hesse; and in the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest. At |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...Court farm, Ramsgate, Kent, chalk, i6o Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, arsenical marcasite, gersdorffite...kidwellite, 952 WALES(Cymrul Dyfed, illite, 857 Parc mine, Gwynedd, hydrozincite, nickeloan hydrozincite,...Germany (Deutschland) Clara mine, Black Forest, cuprotungstite, 448 Friedrich mine, hauchecornite, 875 Hagendorf |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | author of the article on "Phosphate Minerals of Arkansas, " which begins on page 189 of this issue. 216...personal collecting. The Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas are still of special interest to him because of...unidentified. The specimen is from Coon Creek mine, Polk County, Arkansas. S E M , 1000X. REFERENCE M o...a r o u n d the w o r l d . Initially the name goethite was applied to a mineral, also called rubinglimmer...of priority is the phase which should be called goethite, but to save undue confusion the name lepidocrocite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Treasure of the Rockies The Story of the Sweet Home Mine. Andrey Atuchin: An Interview with a Natural History...Treats Provided by the Fossil Group MEMORIES OF ARKANSAS: COLLECTING PHOSPHATES AND BAUXITE Mike Nelson...Nelson csrockguy@yahoo.com I have fond memories of Arkansas. Applied for a few jobs in universities and turned...suspect many CSMS members have been to the State of Arkansas on a collecting trip, most likely to collect quartz...quartz crystals and dabble in the diamond mine (see December Pick & Pack). I actually would be interested |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | states at its 2017 February show (add Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee); hence, they will all...states— Michigan, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Arkansas—at the periphery of the area tally over three...phosphate species being described from just one mine, the Tip Top, in South Dakota. (Note: There are...inclusions or mixtures (e.g., yellow smithsonite from Arkansas), or bizarre growth habits (e.g., twists and elongations)... Marion County, Tennessee Shepard 1835 1835 Nitromagnesite Nicajack Cave, Marion County, Tennessee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals at the Funderburk prospect, Pike County, Arkansas. The mineral is monoclinic, and individual...minerals on the holotype specimen are quartz, goethite, dickite, and cinnabar; other species reported...Smith’s bibliographies and locality indexes for Arkansas, South Dakota, Mexico, and Texas have been the...Colorado, Arkansas, and Figure 2. Artsmithite, Funderburk prospect, Pike County, Arkansas; main crystal...developed an interest in the minerals of Magnet Cove, Arkansas, during a visit there in the late '50s. He returned |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | during the past twenty years than the --------Arkansas Magnet Cove locality. - - - - - - - - Minerals...Vanadium Mines POTASH SULPHUR SPRINGS, ARKANSAS J. MICHAEL HOWARD Arkansas Geological Commission 3815 West...Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 DON R. OWENS Earth Science Department University of Arkansas at Little Rock...Rock 2801 South University Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 Unless otherwise noted, all photos by J. Michael...unknown reason, the name Sulphur Creek, the small north-south creek draining the area, was dropped from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | St. Just aureole, Cornwall, 427 Alice Mary copper mine, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369 Alkali feldspar,...breakdown product of staurolite from Donegal, 237 Auburn mine, Michigan, stilpnomelane, 36I and M37 Augite, Turkey...anal., opt., sp. gr., X-ray, I79 Bali Low copper mine, Capricorn Range, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369... Larne, Co. Antrim, tobermorite, 229 Bambollita mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, tlapallite, 183 Ban...Pembrokeshire, 8 I Bingham, Utah, tobermorite, 229 Binny mine, Kondapalli, Andhra Pradesh, India, chromite, bronzite |  | | Other Paper | | MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS, STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS...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 ©...……………... 38 Christy Brookite Deposit (Vanadium Mine)………………………… 38 Old Highway Outcrops………………………………………………...Kimzey Magnetite Mine (Pit) and Surrounding Area………………………... 44 Chamberlain Creek Barite Mine…………………………………………… |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associated Minerals of Ouachita Quartz Crystals in Arkansas and Oklahoma ..................................................... 20 A Report on the Harrison County Gem and Mineral Society of Gulfport, Mississippi...scheduled and attended field trips to Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mexico, and within Texas. You are truly one of...Associated Minerals of Ouachita Quartz Crystals in Arkansas and Oklahoma by Art Smith Member of the Houston...has been going on in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma for over 150 years. However, large |  | | Catalog/List | | 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. GARNET. Deer Creek, Lemhi Co., Idaho, U.S.A. Lustrous red glassy crystal...association. 2x1-tx1t", £11.00 BARYTES. Force Crag Mine, nr. Keswick, Cumberland. Select, cluster of sharp...1x1", £4.5Op 2 11. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sharp lustrous light coloured...display. 4ix3tx21'" , £11.00 16. CALCITE. Millclose Mine, near Matlock, Derbyshire. Fine large doubly terminated...specilimen. 6xJ.}x2i", £14.00 17. CALCITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Choice creamy-white rosettes |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter $3.00 A Quick and Short Collecting Trip to Arkansas in April 2004 Art Smith artsmithite@msn.com Having...Having missed this past fall's Coon Creek trip to Arkansas I was chomping at the bit to get up there...Lake Greeson that is just north of Murfreesboro, Arkansas. He had already examined and collected on the...(Continues on page~-z) Grand Canyon Uranium: The Orphan Mine Dr. Vivien Gornitz vgornitz@giss.nasa.gov Better...deposit was the Orphan Lode (later renamed the Orphan Mine), located on the south rim of the Grand Canyon, |  | | Catalog/List | | 2txH-xi". £1.25. _ 2. ANDRADITE. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devon. Specimen A - Lustrous, sharp...Andradite. ltJMine, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. A well formed translucent...l-txlxl". £4.50. 7. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen A - A ltxl" cavity...Limonit ic Gossan. 2xlxl". £1.50. 8. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Gllway, Eire. Bright blue well formed crystals...2xl-b<1". £3.25. BARYTES. Carbonate Shake, Murton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. 1 "C~Oic7' transparent |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | phosphate minerals from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, A rkansas.......................................outcrops. In 1877, J. Feeney, a stockman on Yarrow Creek Station (which encompassed the Kingsgate deposits)...mo u t h mineral on the surface near the old tin mine. His curiosity aroused, Feeney sent the specimen...took samples to W. H. Yates, who operated a tin mine on the Severn River near Raid Knob. Yates immediately...molybdenite was saved; most was discarded in the mine dumps or treatment plant residues where it remains |
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Coon Creek Mine, Shady, Polk County, Arkansas, USA