Alteration: Heavy Weathering

Deposit: In soil & clay are found large spongy masses of smithsonite, opposite one particular bed which has visible boytroydal smithsonite coatings elsewhere. Also lumps of dec. Spnal. Found in same. Little production likely, possibly contributed to a shipment. ; info.src : 1 pub lit

Geology: Most rock beds lie 58 feet below the st. Joe marble and boone fm.

Ore(s): Smithsonite-Bearing Bed

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ⓘ Zinc

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ⓘ Smithsonite

ⓘ Sphalerite

2 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Dolostone

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ⓘ Smithsonite

Formula: ZnCO₃

References:

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

ⓘ Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

References:

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

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Sphalerite	2.CB.05a	ZnS
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
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Sphalerite	ZnS
Zn	Zinc
Zn	ⓘ Smithsonite	ZnCO₃
Zn	ⓘ Sphalerite	ZnS

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10080980

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References

Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas, for (1892) (pub. Dec., 1900) Vol. V: the Zn & Pb Region of N. Ark, by State Geologist John C. Branner, P. 71....USGS Restow Library, (241) Ar5 Harrison-berryville Sheet in This Ref

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