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Ben Heuer Property

Past Producer in Newton county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Kaolin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235325
MAS/MILS ID 0051010004
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Heuer Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -93.34209, 36.07679 (WGS84)
Elevation 308
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Newton(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ponca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Harrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrison(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Park Service(Agency)

Agency NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Buffalo National River(National River)

National River NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Newton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 016 N 022 W 06 N2NW Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) Boone Formation
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kaolin occurs as a product of weathering along parallel fault zones about 300 feet apart. Country rock is mostly sandstone of late Mississippian and early Pennsylvanian times.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ben Heuer
    Home office Arkansas
    Year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUMMARY REPORT OF WAR MINERALS

  • Deposit

    BARTLESVILLE CARD FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Small scattered deposits along fault. Intermmittent in length, width 1-10 feet with a negligible depth. Occurs along vertical faults striking North 35 degrees. Indications of small deposits along a zone one-fourth of a mile in length.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Miller / Mvl U.S. Bureau of Mines

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