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Magnet Cove Titanium Corp Deposit
We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 3 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Titanium, Niobium (Columbium). Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Feldspar, Pyrite. Approx. location 34.437, -92.856. USGS record.
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Field cards: what kind of sites?
Produced ore or material at some point in the past.
Was producing when the record was made.
Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.
Status not recorded.
The mineral was noted here, without development.
A processing plant site.
Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.
Mineral cards
Quartz
Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
2 sites
Pyrite
Mohs 6–6.5. Brassy “fool’s gold,” often cubic. Mindat
2 sites
Mica
Mohs 2–3. Peels into thin, flexible, shiny sheets. Mindat
1 site
Feldspar
Mohs 6–6.5. Blocky crystals with flat cleavage faces. Mindat
1 site
Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.
Minerals recorded here
Rutile 3Brookite 3Molybdenite 2Barite 1Perovskite 1Commodities
Barium-Barite 16Titanium 9Niobium (Columbium) 4Molybdenum 3Metal 3Aluminum 3Iron 3Vanadium 2Silica 2Lead 1Sites (first 40)
| Site | Commodity | Minerals recorded | Status | Approx. location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnet Cove Barite Mine | Barium-Barite | Barite | Producer | 34.467, -92.817 |
| Christy Brookite Deposit | — | Brookite | Occurrence | 34.467, -92.850 |
| Kimsey Prospect | Niobium (Columbium), Molybdenum | Brookite, Molybdenite | Producer | 34.450, -92.883 |
| Christy Property | Molybdenum, Titanium, Metal, Niobium (Columbium), Vanadium | Molybdenite, Rutile | Producer | 34.467, -92.850 |
| Magnet Cove Rutile Mine | Titanium, Metal, Niobium (Columbium) | Rutile | Producer | 34.467, -92.850 |
| Magnet Cove Titanium Corp Deposit | Titanium, Niobium (Columbium) | Rutile, Brookite, Perovskite | Past Producer | 34.437, -92.856 |
| Christy Property | Vanadium, Titanium, Metal | — | Prospect | 34.467, -92.850 |
| Magnet Cove Mill | Barium-Barite | — | Producer | 34.465, -92.870 |
| Lucinda Creek Syncline | Barium-Barite | — | Past Producer | 34.487, -92.793 |
| Otts Lease | Barium-Barite | — | Producer | 34.462, -92.772 |
| Price-Williams Lead-Zinc Mine | Lead | — | Past Producer | 34.341, -93.303 |
| Golden-Estes Property | Molybdenum | — | Past Producer | 34.475, -92.857 |
| Baroid Sales Div. | Barium-Barite | — | Past Producer | 34.476, -92.813 |
| Hardy-Walsh Brookite Deposit. | — | — | Prospect | 34.467, -92.846 |
| Rayburn | Barium-Barite | — | Producer | 34.438, -92.782 |
| Stone Quarry Creek Syncline | Barium-Barite | — | Past Producer | 34.458, -92.773 |
| Nichols & Campbell Prospect | Titanium | — | Prospect | 34.462, -92.879 |
| Christy Deposit. | — | — | Prospect | 34.456, -92.846 |
| Unk | Silica | — | Unknown | 34.336, -92.739 |
| Magnet Cove Barium Corp. | Barium-Barite | — | Past Producer | 34.475, -92.817 |
| Malvern Mine | Aluminum | — | Unknown | 34.471, -92.527 |
| Cove Creek Syncline | Barium-Barite | — | Unknown | 34.497, -92.816 |
| Chamberlain Creek | Barium-Barite | — | Producer | 34.440, -92.992 |
| Southern Acid & Sulphur Co. Prospec | Sulfur | — | Prospect | 34.470, -92.850 |
| Wilcox Group Kaolin | — | — | Occurrence | 34.389, -92.679 |
| Arkansas | Titanium | — | Producer | 34.469, -92.858 |
| Unk | Silica | — | Unknown | 34.369, -92.743 |
| Chamberlin Creek Syncline | Barium-Barite | — | Past Producer | 34.465, -92.842 |
| Magnet Cove Mine | Barium-Barite | — | Producer | 34.466, -92.865 |
| National Lead Co. Mine | Barium-Barite | — | Producer | 34.469, -92.813 |
| The Hardy Lease | Titanium | — | Prospect | 34.465, -92.831 |
| McElwaine's Diggings | Iron | — | Prospect | 34.458, -92.858 |
| Richardson Prospect | Titanium | — | Prospect | 34.731, -92.859 |
| Magnet Cove | Iron | — | Past Producer | 34.467, -92.861 |
| Chamberlin Creek Syncline | Barium-Barite | — | Past Producer | 34.488, -92.836 |
| Titanium Alloy Co. | Titanium | — | Past Producer | 34.467, -92.870 |
| (Facility) Jones Mills Smelter | Aluminum | — | Plant | 34.436, -92.887 |
| Dresser Mine | Aluminum | — | Unknown | 34.427, -92.547 |
| Magnet Cove Barite Corp. | Barium-Barite | — | Past Producer | 34.471, -92.819 |
| Cove Creek | Barium-Barite | — | Past Producer | 34.349, -92.887 |
Fossil collections
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 fossil collection records in Hot Spring County. These are research records, not public dig sites.
Nearby counties
Garland County · Saline County · Dallas County · Pulaski County · Clark 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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