Deposit: Outcrop 1 shows smithsonite for a horizontal distance of about sixty feet in a five foot tall bed; outcrop 2, same but 20' higher, traceable for 225' sounds like a potential producer. No brecciation mentioned ; info.src : 1 pub lit

Development: No development As of 1900

Geology: Geology c/o a.h. Purdue, of state university at fayetteville horizon is about 100' below the st. Joe marble.

Ore(s): Horizon Of Single Bed

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ⓘ Zinc

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ⓘ Smithsonite

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Dolostone

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Smithsonite

Formula: ZnCO₃

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Smithsonite	5.AB.05	ZnCO₃

List of minerals for each chemical element

C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Smithsonite	ZnCO₃
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Smithsonite	ZnCO₃
Zn	Zinc
Zn	ⓘ Smithsonite	ZnCO₃

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10080990

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References

Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas for (1892) (pub. Dec. 1900), Vol. V, by John C Branner, State Geologist. Page 80-81 USGS Reston Library (241) Ar5 (see Yellville Sheet in That Book)

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