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Hogan Green Area (Unknown)Crystal Mountain Mine (Producer)Lake Sylvia Prospect (Unknown)Kuhn Mine (Producer)Marler Mine (Unknown)J.T.Willis + 2 more nearby (Unknown)Fairchild #1 Claim + 1 more nearby (Unknown)Harold Prospect (Unknown)H.L.Barber Prospect + 1 more nearby (Unknown)Congo Pit (Producer)Unnamed Ruthenium Occurrence (Occurrence)A.S. Brown Manganese Peoperty (Unknown)Wallis Soapstone Pit (Prospect)Ben J.Field (Unknown)C.E. Lowry, Trustee, Properties (Prospect)Inman Soapstone Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Arkansas Talc Co. Mine (Unknown)Gingles Deposit (Unknown)Arkansas Operations Alumina Plant + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Bray-Thomas (Unknown)Harrison Deposit (Unknown)Bryant Mill + 1 more nearby (Producer)Hurricane Creek Deposit + 4 more nearby (Occurrence)Mildred Mcmurry + 4 more nearby (Unknown)Sutton Deposit (Unknown)Arkansas Bauxite Region + 2 more nearby (Producer)Quapaw Bauxite Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Reynolds Surface Mine + 5 more nearby (Producer)Alcoa Bauxite Mine (Producer)East Carghill Deposit (Unknown)Thomas-Williams Deposit + 4 more nearby (Past Producer)Archer Deposit + 3 more nearby (Unknown)Mine No.6 + 5 more nearby (Unknown)Hudspeth-Fletcher + 1 more nearby (Unknown)Hurricane Creek (Unknown)Mine No.2 + 2 more nearby (Unknown)Palmer Deposit + 1 more nearby (Producer)Wilkerson Deposit (Unknown)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
38 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

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Quapaw Bauxite Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 3 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 1 other site(s), so we broke the tie by mine status (past producers first), then USGS record quality, then name. USGS lists it as past producer for Aluminum. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Magnetite, Pyrite. Approx. location 34.578, -92.483. USGS record.

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Field cards: what kind of sites?

51
Unknown

Status not recorded.

11
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

8
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

5
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

2
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Plant

A processing plant site.

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

Bauxite 3Gibbsite 1

Commodities

Aluminum 48Silica 10Bentonite 4Quartz 4Talc-Soapstone 3Niobium (Columbium) 1Ruthenium 1Kaolin 1Iron 1Slate 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Reynolds Surface MineAluminumBauxiteProducer34.567, -92.486
Alcoa Bauxite MineAluminumBauxiteProducer34.542, -92.492
Arkansas Bauxite RegionKaolin, AluminumBauxite, GibbsiteProducer34.500, -92.500
Hurricane Creek DepositNiobium (Columbium)—Occurrence34.567, -92.500
Unnamed Ruthenium OccurrenceRuthenium—Occurrence34.777, -92.715
Mine No.2Aluminum—Unknown34.578, -92.387
Mine No.6Aluminum—Unknown34.532, -92.459
Thomas-Williams DepositAluminum—Past Producer34.598, -92.464
West Carghill DepositAluminum—Unknown34.497, -92.502
Archer DepositAluminum—Unknown34.559, -92.451
Gingles DepositBentonite—Unknown34.552, -92.578
Mine No.3Aluminum—Unknown34.569, -92.402
Bray-ThomasAluminum—Unknown34.630, -92.497
Hurricane Creek MillAluminum—Past Producer34.557, -92.512
Hogan Green AreaSilica—Unknown34.732, -92.965
H.L.Barber ProspectQuartz—Unknown34.749, -92.754
Mildred McmurryAluminum—Unknown34.542, -92.504
Walden DepositAluminum—Unknown34.569, -92.457
Mine No.4Aluminum—Unknown34.569, -92.402
Pine Haven Clay Deposit AlcoaAluminum—Unknown34.570, -92.518
Benton PlantAluminum—Past Producer34.554, -92.512
Rock Island DepositAluminum—Unknown34.565, -92.453
Palmer DepositBentonite—Producer34.540, -92.352
Tindall DepositAluminum—Unknown34.544, -92.441
Republic Mining & Mgf. Co.Iron—Unknown34.555, -92.516
Marler MineAluminum, Silica—Unknown34.727, -92.845
Fairchild #1 ClaimSilica—Unknown34.786, -92.821
Bailey DepositAluminum—Unknown34.544, -92.444
Long-Bell DepositBentonite—Unknown34.537, -92.370
Sutton DepositAluminum—Unknown34.505, -92.514
Congo PitTalc-Soapstone—Producer34.552, -92.759
Pritchard ProspectSilica—Unknown34.742, -92.763
Lasater-McmurryAluminum—Unknown34.598, -92.443
J.T.WillisSilica—Unknown34.800, -92.801
Ouachita National ForestSilica—Unknown34.775, -92.802
East Carghill DepositAluminum—Unknown34.513, -92.476
Hudspeth-FletcherAluminum—Unknown34.520, -92.456
Mayer DepositAluminum—Unknown34.602, -92.438
Magnetic Survey of Bauxite RegionAluminum—Unknown34.548, -92.504
Saline County——Prospect34.550, -92.510

Nearby counties

Pulaski County · Hot Spring County · Garland County · Lonoke County · Perry 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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