Description
John W. Huddleston, Farmer
Commodities
PrimaryDiamond
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeMagmatic Vein
Model31: Diamond-bearing kimberlite pipes
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formPIPE
Ore controlPeridotite Breccia Exposed At Surface
Materials
GangueChlorite, Mica, Phlogopite, Serpentine
Geology
Host rockKimberlite
StructureEdge Of Oachita Mts., In The Gulf Coastal Plain, Kimberlite Pipe
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1919-20, 1948-49
First production1909
Last production1949
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10111285
MRDS IDWA00040
Alternate namesMurfreesboro, Crater of Diamonds
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.03374, -93.67353
References
MILLAR, HOWARD A., 1976, IT WAS FINDERS KEEPERS AT AMERICA'S ONLY DIAMOND MINE: NEW YORK, NY, CARLTON PRESS, INC. (A HEARTHSTONE BOOK), 175 PAGES.ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL AND CONSERVATION COMMISSION, 1959 (REVISED ED.), MINERAL RESOURCES OF ARKANSAS: ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL AND CONSERVATION COMMISSION BULLETIN 6, P. 60-61.MEYER, HENRY O.A., LEWIS, RICHARD D., BOLIVAR, STEPHEN, AND BROOKINS, DOUGLAS G., 1977, PRAIRIE CREEK KIMBERLITE, MURFREESBORO, PIKE COUNTY, ARKANSAS: GENERAL DESCRIPTION FOR FIELD EXCURSION 24 SEPT. 1977: SECOND INTERNATIONAL KIMBERLITE CONFERENCE, HELD IN SANTA FE, NM, OCT. 1977.MISER, H.D., AND ROSS, C.S., 1923, DIAMOND-BREARING PERIDOTITE IN PIKE COUNTY,ARKANSAS: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 735, P. 279-322THOENEN, J.R., HILL, R.S., HOWE, E.G., AND RUNKE, S.M., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE PRAIRIE CREEK DIAMOND AREA, PIKE COUNTY, ARKANSAS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4549, 24 PAGES.ORAL COMMUNICATION, MIKE HOWARD, GEOLOGIST, ARKANSAS GEOLOGIC AND CONSERVATION DIV., 9/93