Legal Tender Mine, Zinc, Zinc Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Legal Tender Mine | Mine |
| Zinc | Village |
| Zinc Mining District | Mining District |
| Marion County | County |
| Arkansas | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 18' 20'' North , 92° 53' 1'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc | 104 (2017) | 3.6km |
| Pyatt | 216 (2017) | 7.5km |
| South Lead Hill | 102 (2017) | 10.2km |
| Bergman | 448 (2017) | 11.2km |
| Lead Hill | 274 (2017) | 13.0km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ozark Earth Science Gem, Mineral & Fossil Club | Mountain Home, Arkansas | 45km |
A zinc mine in fractured Everton Dolomite. Started during WWI.
Deposit: A claim on the west side of tar kiln hollow, just south of the legal tender, has an open cut 25 feet across and 15 feet deep above the st. Joe marble, in chert. The rock here shows disseminated sphalerite weathering into smithsonite. Some of the smithsonite in this pit was clear yellow (cadmium) colored. Tallow clay was also present. ; info.src : 1 pub lit
Geology: Cream-colored, siliceous rocks weathered to a spongy, open texture, in places filled with hemimorphite; on analysis this rock was found to contain the equivalent of 45.36% metallic zinc
Ore(s): Solution-Brecciated Zones
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
5 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS References: |
| ⓘ Hemimorphite Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O References: |
| ⓘ Smithsonite Formula: ZnCO3 References: |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Smithsonite | 5.AB.05 | ZnCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Hemimorphite | 9.BD.10 | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| Zn | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10081020 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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