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Big Star Mine, Fairview, Georges Creek-Jimmie Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USAi
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Big Star MineMine
FairviewVillage
Georges Creek-Jimmie Creek Mining DistrictMining District
Marion CountyCounty
ArkansasState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 21' 5'' North , 92° 39' 46'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
36.35147,-92.66267
GeoHash:
G#: 9yqng3t4e
GRN:
N25W54
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Bull Shoals1,933 (2017)8.1km
Flippin1,335 (2017)10.0km
Lakeview726 (2017)10.7km
Summit579 (2017)11.3km
Yellville1,169 (2017)14.1km
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ClubLocationDistance
Ozark Earth Science Gem, Mineral & Fossil ClubMountain Home, Arkansas25km
Mindat Locality ID:
8693
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:8693:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A zinc mine located West of Fairview in mineralized Everton, Powell & Cotter Dolomites. Started during WWI and closed in the late 1920's.
Development: A steam crusher and jigs had been erected on this site, and at this time a.h. Purdue inspected it five or six tons of ore had been sackedfor shipment.

Geology: Rock is full of small cavities (up to forty per square foot) with minute quartz crystals lining them, some with sphalerite in the center. Ore bearing rock is 150 feet below the st. Joe marble.

Ore(s): In Small Cavities, Up To Forty Per Square Foot.

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SSulfur
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS

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References

Rocks & Min.:63:111
Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas for (1892) (pub. Dec, 1900), Vol V: the Zn and Pb Region of North Ark., by State Geologist John C. Branner, P. 98 USGS Reston (241) Ar5 (and the Yellville Sheet in This Book.
Stroud, et al (1969).
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