Arkansas · Saline County
Occurrence

Unnamed Ruthenium Occurrence

Saline County, Arkansas, United States
Ruthenium
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Description

Charles Milton And Ed Dwornik

Commodities
PrimaryRuthenium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeUnknown
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formGRAINS WITHIN CONCRETION-LIKE STRUCTURES
Materials
GangueBarite, Galena, Monazite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Sphalerite, Xenotime
Geology
Host rockShale · Stanley Shale
Associated rockLamprophyre
Tectonic settingOuachita Mountains
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1987
Identification
Deposit ID10048678
MRDS IDMP00293
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates34.77734, -92.71489
References
J. MICHAEL HOWARD, ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMISSION, WRITTEN COMMUN., 1994HOWARD, J.M., 1987, MINERAL SPECIES OF ARKANSAS, A DIGEST: ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION, ADDENDA INSERT.MILTON, CHARLES, STONE, C.G., AND DWORNIK, E.J., 1986, AN ENIGMATIC SILICEOUS ROCK FROM THE STANLEY SHALE, ARKANSAS: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 18, NO. 3, P. 255.