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No Name (Past Producer)No Name (Past Producer)No Name (Past Producer)A C Avant Area + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Cruse Anderson Area (Past Producer)Miller Mountain Tract (Producer)Phillips Claim + 1 more nearby (Unknown)Unk (Past Producer)No Name (Past Producer)No Name (Past Producer)J W Ellison Tract (Past Producer)No Name (Past Producer)John Mcearl Tract (Producer)No Name + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)No Name (Past Producer)No Name + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)No Name (Past Producer)Natural Hones Mill (Producer)Mc Earl Mine (Producer)Dierks Quartz Area No 5 (Past Producer)Miller Mountain Quarry + 1 more nearby (Producer)W T Coleman Tract + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Hot Springs Mill (Producer)O J Blackman (Past Producer)Hamilton Hill (Past Producer)No Name (Past Producer)Potash Sulfur Springs (Occurrence)Potash Sulfur Springs + 2 more nearby (Producer)Arkansas Power and Light Company Property (Past Producer)Hot Springs Pit (Producer)Lecroy Farm (Unknown)Old Spanish Diggings (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
32 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 4 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Arkansas Power and Light Company Property

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Fluorite) and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Fluorine-Fluorite. Minerals mentioned: Pyrite, Fluorite. Approx. location 34.458, -92.977. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

26
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

14
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

2
Unknown

Status not recorded.

2
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Silica 22Vanadium 5Slate 5Dimension 5Quartz 4Flagstone 3Niobium (Columbium) 2Calcium 1Tripoli 1Gemstone 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Potash Sulfur SpringsNiobium (Columbium)—Occurrence34.483, -92.984
Potash Sulfur SpringsVanadium—Producer34.483, -92.967
No NameSilica—Past Producer34.537, -93.382
Phillips ClaimSilica—Unknown34.662, -93.216
Potash Sulphur SpringsVanadium—Past Producer45.233, -115.712
No NameSlate, Dimension—Past Producer34.500, -93.341
Lecroy FarmNiobium (Columbium)—Unknown34.466, -92.928
J W Ellison TractSilica—Past Producer34.742, -93.104
Union Carbide PlantVanadium—Producer34.475, -92.896
A C Avant AreaSilica—Past Producer34.658, -93.327
John Mcearl TractQuartz—Producer34.678, -93.094
No NameSilica—Past Producer34.667, -93.106
Miller Mountain QuarrySilica—Producer34.700, -93.061
No NameFlagstone—Past Producer34.547, -93.067
Natural Hones MillSilica—Producer34.515, -93.077
Dierks Crystal Area No 6Silica—Past Producer35.234, -93.073
W T Coleman TractSilica—Past Producer34.667, -93.060
Wilson Springs Vanadium DepositVanadium—Past Producer34.475, -92.958
Dierks Quartz Area No.4Silica—Past Producer34.662, -93.103
No NameCalcium—Past Producer34.702, -93.073
Hot Springs PitSilica, Tripoli—Producer34.549, -92.942
Dierks Tract No 3Silica—Past Producer34.672, -93.061
No NameFlagstone—Past Producer34.590, -93.120
No NameSilica—Past Producer34.668, -93.208
Miller Mountain TractQuartz—Producer34.675, -93.220
No NameSlate, Dimension—Past Producer34.502, -93.379
No NameFlagstone—Past Producer34.552, -92.980
UnkSlate, Dimension—Past Producer34.546, -93.214
Beard AreaSilica—Producer34.825, -93.213
No NameSlate, Dimension—Past Producer34.550, -93.187
Delinde Wavellite MineGemstone—Prospect34.670, -93.330
Hot Springs MillSilica—Producer34.495, -93.064
Colemans MillSilica—Producer34.698, -93.067
Blocker Lead QuartzQuartz—Producer34.657, -93.100
Quartz Processing Corp. QuarryQuartz—Producer34.700, -93.063
Hamilton HillSilica—Past Producer34.735, -92.980
O J BlackmanSilica—Past Producer34.759, -93.041
Cruse Anderson AreaSilica—Past Producer34.630, -93.322
Mc Earl MineSilica—Producer34.495, -93.075
No NameSlate, Dimension—Past Producer34.570, -93.109

Nearby counties

Hot Spring County · Perry County · Saline County · Yell County · Montgomery County

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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