 | | Other Paper | | 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 ©...Kimzey Calcite Quarry………………………………………………………. 18 Perovskite Hill……………………………………………………………….. 20 The Syenite ...Outcrops……………………………………………… 40 Rutherford Property (Moses Hill)………………………………….... 41 Harver Hills Subdivision…………………………………………… |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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) | | (Columbium) and Titanium at Magnet Cove and Potash Sulphur Springs, Arkansas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...(Columbium) and Titanium at Magnet Cove and Potash Sulphur Springs, Arkansas By V. C. FRYKLUND, JR., R...spectrographic analysis.______________________________ Magnet Cove area-_-_-_-___----_-___-__--_-_______-______-____--__..._____________________________________________ Magnet Cove Titanium Corporation rutile deposit-.___________...map of Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Ark___In pocket Pag* FIGURE 2. Location map, Magnet Cove and Potash |  | | 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. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MICHAEL HOWARD Arkansas Geological Commission 3815 W. Roosevelt Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 Figure... site of most recent mining activity in the Magnet Cove area. Abundant brookite and smoky quartz were...reclamation in the mid-1990s. lthough the Magnet Cove area of Arkansas was noted before 18.50 in the literature...concerning the discovery of “arkansite” (brookite). Magnet Cove then began to be known for the variety of growth...crystal forms and other mineral species present at Magnet Cove were published in the United States and Europe |  | | Journal (issue) | | Springs, Colorado 8124 2 USA Phone: 719-539-4113 • Fax 719-539-454 2 SPRING 2003 MATRIX: A Journal...the Ropes Gold Mine. Near Ishpeming. Marquette County, Michigan 3 by Michael P. Basal HISTORIC MINERAL...21 HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE Collecting in Magnet Cove: Letters from Clyde Hardin by Arthur S111irh...gold nugget from Lhe Ropes Gold Mine, Marquette County, Michigan. The specimen measures I .5x2.5 cm .... Photo by Jeff Scovil. See story. page 3. 1 SPRING 2003 " MATRI: • 2 EDITORIAL A MATRIX Update: |  | | 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 |  | | 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...Nlagnet Cove, Arkansas' in a carbonatite with abundant apatite, monticellite, calcite, perovskite (dysanal)'te)...(dysanal)'te), magnetite, ancl minor biotite, pyrite, and vesuvianite It is dark brorvn, H about 7, isotropic...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Crystals from the KIMZEY CALCITE QUARRY Magnet Cove, Arkansas Downloaded by [University of California...June 2016 and Their Distinction from Perovskite Figure 1: Perovskite octahedron, 1.5 mm across, showing...quarry. 402 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 3: Black perovskite crystal, 0.8 mm across, showing minor cube faces...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Petrology of the Alkalic Igneous Complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Prepared in cooperation...Petrology of the Alkalic Igneous Complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas By R. L. ERICKSON and L. V. BLADE GEOLOGICAL...petrology of the alkalic igneous complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas, by R. L. Erickson and L. V. Blade. Washington...igneous complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 1963. (Card 2) 1. Geochemistry Arkansas Magnet Cove. 2. Petrology...Petrology Arkansas Magnet Cove. 3. Rocks, Igneous. 4. Rocks Analysis. I. Blade, Lawrence Vernon, 1917joint author |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Magnetite Zinc Corporation of America Mine No. 4, St. Lawrence County, New York T he...these early attempts to produce iron were from magnetite occurrences, some of which were the source of...that exploited magnetite ores. Interestingly, some of the most spectacular magnetite specimens to be...Corporation of America mine No. 4 at Balmat. Magnetite is one of many black, metallic to submetallic...density is 5.20. It is, of course, quite magnetic. Magnetite Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...specimens near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and...(Gordon 1922). Some of these originated in Chester County and include prismatic crystals to 10 cm from Logan’s...diameter have been found near Tee1 Mill, Franklin County. Rutile is relatively common, though generally...kyanite deposit of Willis Mountain, Buckingham County. North Carolina has been the source of fine rutile |  | | Journal (issue) | | Publications for Collectors By William Shelton Gold is a hot topic partly due to its being the 2004 Tucson show...testing gold. Major areas covered include Southeast USA, California, Australia, Canada to Alaska, Britain...Sutherland from 1969 as the 2nd revised edition (McGraw-Hill Book Co, New York) is a nice historical record of...nine-pound garnet and a 34-carat diamond - all from the USA ? Maybe you're more interested in Czech opals, minerals...15840 East Alta Vista Way, San Jose, CA 95127-1737 USA. CD V-700 GEIGER COUNTER Complete with probe, meter |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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; |  | | Book | | by Levy (1825); lower: equant forms from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, illustrated by Goldschmidt (1913). Phase...localities include: the McGuire pegmatite, Park County, Colorado; the Etta and Peerless mines, near Keystone...with lesser amounts of anatase and U l s t e r County, New York. Minute tabular brookite crystals rutile)...rutile) is found in alkaline syenite at Magnet Cove, Arkansas. w i t h bIack bipyramidal anatase can be...crystals of brookite on milky quartz from Magnet Cove, Arkansas. RJL6б4 Formation and Geochemistry 2 5 |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............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 |  | | Catalog/List | | SO/4 OH magnification there arc small crystals County, Arizona -------------"'--------'-'--'----'--____;;...grey cleavable massive Crystal peak, Park County, Colorado, USA Keystone, South Dakota U.S.A. 1" £4 2x3...grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Ix½ £2.50 lxl £4 ANCYLITECe CeSr CO/3 Montana...lx2 £2 mixture with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive...Lincoln lxl £2 lx2£4 Pb (Cu Fe Al) SO/4 matrix, County, Nevada, U.S.A Unusual hollow pinkish pebble with |  | | Catalog/List | | brighter colours than A. £5. 3. ALSTONITE, Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 4x3.5x3.2cm. Ex D. Hoyle... Wonderful specimen. £20 22. BERA UNITE, Gravel Hill mine. Perranzabuloe. Cornwall. 4.3x3.5x3cm. A triangular...specimen. £8. 56. COPPER, CUPRITE AND MALACHITE, Cliffe Hill Quarry, Leicestershire. A). 4.5x3.5x2.3cm. A reddish...micro xtls. A fine example. £45. DOLOMITE, Brownley Hill. Nenthead, Cumbria. 7.5x5x3.5cm. Ex. J. R. Hoyle...£4. HEMIMORPHITE AND FLUORITE, Royal mine, Masson Hill, Matlock, Derbyshire. 8.5x4.5x2.5cm. A mottled matrix |  | | Book (edition) | | abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Rare-with scorodite in U-bearing lignite in the Caves Hill and Slim Buttes areas, both Harding Co .. South...With anthophyllite, talc, chromean spine!, and magnetite in desilicified pegmatites, mainly at the exocontact |  | | Catalog/List | | Valley, Sheeprock Mts., Vernon, Tooele Co., Utah / USA; The exceptionally rare Thallium-Oxide, forms deep... Helvetia, Santa Rita Mts., Pima Co., Arizona / USA; Blue spherical crystal aggregates of 4 mm, rich...aggregates of 5 mm, together with some dark brown perovskite in calcite matrix. Excellent specimens of the...Marietta Quarry, Woodville, Sandusky Co., Ohio / USA; Light blue transparent prismatic crystals of 1 cm...Peak, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California / USA; Dark green transparent perfectly formed sharp-edged |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite specimens |  | | Book | | Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...18:185187 ALLACTITE AJlactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by P. J. Dunn) 14:251-252 ALLCHAR Famous |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sabelli & G. Brizzi Osarizawaite from the Silver Hill mine, Arizona ........................ 311 by C... Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ MINERAL...(1st in USA) of this rare sodium phosphomolybdate! Rich yellow in schorl/moly matrix. Gold Hill, Utah....Wilton, CT 06897 (203) 762-0796 • Dept. MR Gold Hill, Utah. Over 750 Mineral Listings — Send three stamps...hardware 196 Beechwood Ave. Bogota, N .J. 07603 USA (201) 487-3254 The Mineralogical Record , volume |  | | Book | | Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, MA...advice and the results of their own research: Rowena Hill, Sarah Lowengard, John Winter, David Scott, Josef...locality in Kongsberg, Norway, as well as Magnet Cove (Arkansas, USA), Illimaussaq (Greenland) and Kola Peninsula...implements’ as an oxidation deposit in association with magnetite, goethite and lepidocrocite (Yabuki and Shima...volcano at Kamchatka, Russia), as a deposit from hot springs (Steamboat Springs, Nevada) or in mineral |
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Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA