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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 ...
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 ...
Mining in Arkansas. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) ...
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 Arkansas River Basin below Keystone Dam to the point of highest backwater effect of the Mississippi River below Lock and Dam 4 on the Arkansas River, but excluding the Canadian, Neosho, and Verdigris River Basins. Arkansas and Oklahoma. 15,600 sq mi (40,000 km 2) HUC1111: 1112 Red headwaters subregion: The North Fork Red River, Prairie Dog ...
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.
The economy of Arkansas produced $176.24 billion of gross domestic product in 2023. [1] Six Fortune 500 companies are based in Arkansas, including the world's #1 corporation by revenue, Walmart. [8] Arkansas's per capita income for 2023 was $54,347, and the median household income was $55,432, which ranked 47th among U.S. states. [2] [9]
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).