Mine detail: Quapaw Bauxite Mine

Previously called 'Quapaw South MineAmerican Cyanamid MineQuapaw North Mine'

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Location: Saline County, Arkansas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.57842, -92.48266
dep_id: 10284202
mas_id: 51250021
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Trace mineral: Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Cliachite, Gibbsite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Siderite, Zircon
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Smith, R.C.
Year first produced: 1932
disc_yr: 1920
References:
  • 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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