Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1978
Discovery year1945
Identification
Deposit ID10284442
Alternate namesMcKnight Pit, Sulphur Mountain Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.37012, -93.8124
References
BROBST, D.A. BARIUM MINERALS. CH. IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALSAND ROCKS. ED. BY STANLEY J. LEFOND. AIME, NEW YORK,4TH ED., 1975, PP. 427-441.JONES, T.A. BARITE DEPOSITS IN THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS,MONTGOMERY, POLK, AND PIKE COUNTIES, ARKANSAS.BUMINES RI 4348, 1948, 15 PP.MCELWAINE, R.B. EXPLORATION OF THE BARITE DEPOSITS INMONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS. BUMINES RI 3971, 1946,24 PP.SCULL, B.J. ORIGIN AND OCCURRENCE OF BARITE IN ARKANSAS.ARK. GEOL. AND CONSERV. COMM. IC 18, 1958, 101 PP.STROUD, R.B., ET AL. MINERAL RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES OFARKANSAS. BUMINES BULL. 645, 1969, 418 PP.U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND U.S. GEOLOGICALSURVEY. FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT: FANCYHILL (MILCHEM) BARITE MINE AND PROCESSING PLANT,MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARKANSAS. JUNE 1980, 319 PP.