Fourche Bayou Deposit

Occurrence in Pulaski county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Niobium (Columbium)
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009107
MRDS ID D001780
Record type Site
Current site name Fourche Bayou Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.23349, 34.68345 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pulaski(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sweet Home(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Arkansas-Maumelle(hydrologic unit)

Lower Arkansas-Fourche La Fave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Pulaski

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.23349, 34.68345

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NIEBERLEIN AND OTHERS, 1954, PROGRESS REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLUMBIUM IN ARKANSAS FOR 1953, U. S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 5064

  • Deposit

    GORDON AND OTHERS, 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE ARKANSAS BAUXITE REGION, U. S. G. S. PROF. PAPER 299

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Parker, Raymond L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.