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Magnet Cove Barite Mine

Producer in Hot Spring county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067309
MRDS ID W000012
Record type Site
Current site name Magnet Cove Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names Arkansas Barite - Project 4001
Related records 10187253

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.81684, 34.46679 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hot Spring(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Malvern North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Malvern(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Ouachita(hydrologic unit)

Upper Ouachita(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Red-Ouachita(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Hot Spring

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.81684, 34.46679
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEE SCULL, IN MR-43. BLACK, BEDDED BARITE IN LOWER STANLEY SHALE OF MISS AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Magnet Cove

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner National Lead Corp
    Year 1944

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Period 1939-1970
    Material BA
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^92 - 94 % Baso4
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    BaSO4 Barium-Barite Barium 93wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • FLOATATION PRODUCT BY MAGNET COVE BARITE CO. AND BAROID SALES DIV. NATIONAL LEAD CO., CO-OWNERS OF DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCULL, 1958 IN USGS MR-43 (1965)

  • Production

    PARKS, 1932, USGS BULL. 1072B EXPLORATION REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-71 Brobst, D.A. U.S. Geological Survey

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