Mine detail: Mc Knight Pit

Previously called 'Mcknight PitSulphur Mountain Deposit'

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Location: Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.37012, -93.8124
dep_id: 10284442
mas_id: 50970011
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Barite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Surface
Reporter: J J G
Year first produced: 1978
disc_yr: 1945
References:
  • 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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