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Mount Ida Mountain Mine, Mt Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USAi
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Mount Ida Mountain MineMine
Mt IdaMountain
Montgomery CountyCounty
ArkansasState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 29' 44'' North , 93° 38' 30'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Norman359 (2017)5.8km
Mount Ida1,025 (2017)6.8km
Oden220 (2017)18.5km
Glenwood2,141 (2017)20.6km
Kirby786 (2017)27.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
16618
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:16618:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A quartz mine located 3 miles (ca. 5 km) NNW of Norman on Mt Ida. Started 1928. Mineralization is in quartz veins in Crystal Mountain Sandstone.

At http://www.mindat.org/mesg-105-324828.html Rock Currier reports (in 2014):

"James Zigras who is involved in quartz and wavellite mining in Arkansas and he says that the four images of wavellite [previously posted at this locality] are from Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Mauldin Mt., Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA.
[...] He [James] says, and has confirmed with Shane Manley, a long time digger of quartz and wavellite in Arkansas, that the Mount Ida Mountain Mine, Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA was only a quartz mine and never produced wevellite [sic] and that this mine operated a long time ago and that it is unlikely that any of the quartz specimens pictured actually came from that mine.[...]"

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2 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Detailed Mineral List:

Dickite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Rock Crystal
Formula: SiO2
Wavellite
Formula: Al3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
Description: From Rock Currier."I have checked with James Zigras who is involved in quartz and wavellite mining in Arkansas and he says that the four images of wavellite are from Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Mauldin Mt., Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA. Shall I change them? He says, and has confirmed with Shane Manley, a long time digger of quartz and wavellite in Arkansas, that the Mount Ida Mountain Mine, Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA was only a quartz mine and never produced wevellite and that this mine operated a long time ago and that it is unlikely that any of the quartz specimens pictured actually came from that mine. It might be better to just move them to the user only galleries."
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Rock Crystal4.DA.05SiO2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Wavellite ?8.DC.50Al3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Dickite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H DickiteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
OOxygen
O DickiteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O QuartzSiO2
O WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
O Quartz var. Rock CrystalSiO2
AlAluminium
Al DickiteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
SiSilicon
Si DickiteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Rock CrystalSiO2
PPhosphorus
P WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O

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