Mine detail: Quapaw Bauxite Mine

Previously called 'Quapaw South MineAmerican Cyanamid MineQuapaw North Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.57842, -92.48266

Resource(B)

Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free
Other material: Cliachite, Gibbsite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Siderite, Zircon
Discovery year: 1920

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1932

Geology

References

MAS51250021
DEP10284202
Reference{Deposit:: BAUXITE IN ARKANSAS, MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V.47, NO.3,}{Deposit:: P.24-28.}{Deposit:: GORDON, M., AND OTHERS, 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE ARKANSAS}{Deposit:: BAUXITE REGION, U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 299, 268 P.}{Deposit:: MALAMPHY, M.C., AND OTHERS, 1948, INVESTIGATION OF ARKANSAS}{Deposit:: BAUXITE, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES R.I. 4251 63 P.}{Deposit:: REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY, 1979, HURRICAN CREEK PLANT,}{Deposit:: REYNOLDS PLANT GUIDE, BAUXITE, ARK.}{Deposit:: STOUD, R.B., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES AND}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 645}{Deposit:: 418 P.}{Deposit:: SURPLUS PROPERTY BOARD, 1945, ALUMINUM PLANTS AND FACILITIES}{Deposit:: REPORT TO THE SURPLUS PROPERTY BOARD TO THE CONGRESS 125P}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1953, MATERIALS SURVEY-BAUXITE, U.S.}{Deposit:: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASH., D.C.}{Deposit:: CALHOUN, W.A., AND H.E. POWELL, JR. LABORATORY INVESTIGA-}{Deposit:: -TION OF BAUXITE ORE FROM THE QUAPAW DEPOSIT, SALINE}{Deposit:: COUNTY, ARK., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 5366, OCT. 1957}{Deposit:: 11 P.}
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