The Magnet Cove Rutile Company mine, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Open-File Report
50-6
By: Douglas M. Kinney
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Abstract
The Magnet Cove Rutile Company mine was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey in November 1944. The pits are on the northern edge of Magnet Cove and have been excavated in the oxidized zone of highly weathered and altered volcanic agglomerate. The agglomerate is composed of altered mafic igneous rocks in a matrix of white to gray clay, a highly altered tuff. The agglomerate appears layered and is composed of tuffaceous clay material below and igneous blocks above. The agglomerate is cut by aplite and lamprophyre dikes. Alkalic syenite dikes crop out on the ridge north of the pits.
At the present stage of mine development the rutile seems to be concentrated in a narrow zone beneath the igneous blocks of the agglomerate. Rutile, associated with calcite and pyrite, occurs as disseminated acicular crystals and discontinuous vein-like masses in the altered tuff. Thin veins of rutile locally penetrate the mafic igneous blocks of the agglomerate.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | The Magnet Cove Rutile Company mine, Hot Spring County, Arkansas |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 50-6 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr506 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1949 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | 10 p. :folded map ;27 cm. |
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