Arkansas · Saline County
Producer
Alcoa Bauxite Mine
Saline County, Arkansas, United States
Aluminum
⌖ Show on map
USGS source ↗
Description
J. C. Branner - State Geologist
Commodities
Primary
Aluminum
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
111: Bauxite, laterite type
Deposit size
M
Orebody form
TABULAR, LENTICULAR, LENSES
Ore control
Igneous, Contact Zone
Materials
Ore minerals
Bauxite
Gangue
Anatase, Boehmite, Gibbsite, Ilmenite, Rutile, Sphene
Geology
Host rock
Clastic Sedimentary Rock · Berger
Associated rock
Quartz Syenite,Nepheline Syenite,Plutonic Rock
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
First production
1898
Discovery year
1887
Identification
Deposit ID
10111556
MRDS ID
W031821
Region
NA
Data score
D
Coordinates
34.54179, -92.49183
References
U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 299