Mine detail: Mc Knight Pit

Previously called 'Mcknight PitSulphur Mountain Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.37012, -93.8124

Resource(N)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Other material: Barite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1945

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1978

Geology

References

MAS50970011
DEP10284442
Reference{Deposit:: BROBST, D.A. BARIUM MINERALS. CH. IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS}{Deposit:: AND ROCKS. ED. BY STANLEY J. LEFOND. AIME, NEW YORK,}{Deposit:: 4TH ED., 1975, PP. 427-441.}{Deposit:: JONES, T.A. BARITE DEPOSITS IN THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS,}{Deposit:: MONTGOMERY, POLK, AND PIKE COUNTIES, ARKANSAS.}{Deposit:: BUMINES RI 4348, 1948, 15 PP.}{Deposit:: MCELWAINE, R.B. EXPLORATION OF THE BARITE DEPOSITS IN}{Deposit:: MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS. BUMINES RI 3971, 1946,}{Deposit:: 24 PP.}{Deposit:: SCULL, B.J. ORIGIN AND OCCURRENCE OF BARITE IN ARKANSAS.}{Deposit:: ARK. GEOL. AND CONSERV. COMM. IC 18, 1958, 101 PP.}{Deposit:: STROUD, R.B., ET AL. MINERAL RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES OF}{Deposit:: ARKANSAS. BUMINES BULL. 645, 1969, 418 PP.}{Deposit:: U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL}{Deposit:: SURVEY. FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT: FANCY}{Deposit:: HILL (MILCHEM) BARITE MINE AND PROCESSING PLANT,}{Deposit:: MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARKANSAS. JUNE 1980, 319 PP.}
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