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The Rush Historic District is a zinc mining region of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. Now located within Buffalo National River , the district includes ruins dating from 1880 to 1940. The area was an important part of what became known as the North Arkansas Lead and Zinc District , and played a role in the development of railroads and modern ...
Mining in Arkansas. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) ...
Smithsonite with calcite from the Monte Cristo mine, Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas (size: 11.7 x 9.3 x 5.2 cm Ruins of the New White Eagle Mill, Rush Historic District, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. The best known and most prolific zinc mining region of north Arkansas for many years was the Rush Creek mining district of ...
Arkansas River: 47,970 1,358: Murray Dam, near Little Rock: White River: ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Arkansas (1974) See also. List of rivers in the ...
The 1922 discovery of the Smackover oil field, after which the Smackover Formation is named, resulted in a sizeable oil boom in southern Arkansas. [ citation needed ] In addition to being a petroleum reservoir, as of 2015, the brine from the Smackover Formation is the only source of commercial bromine in the United States.
Subregion Map 1101 Upper White subregion: The White River Basin above and including the Little Red River Basin to the point of highest backwater effect of the Mississippi River. Arkansas and Missouri. 22,200 sq mi (57,000 km 2) HUC1101: 1102 Upper Arkansas subregion: The Arkansas River Basin above Its intersect with the Colorado-Kansas state Line.
The Saline River, also known as Saline Creek, is a 202-mile-long (325 km) [2] tributary of the Ouachita River in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Arkansas. [3] It is the longest river that flows entirely within the state of Arkansas. The Saline River begins in the eastern foothills of the Ouachita Mountains in Saline and Garland ...
Initially, Arkansas bauxite met 90% of US aluminum demand. Underground mining before and during World War II gave way to open pit mining in the 1960s. During the war, up to six million tons were mined in 1943. Arkansas bauxite mines were often passed over in favor of higher quality bauxite reserves in the Caribbean and mining ceased in 1982.