USGS MAGNET COVE AR Titanium Niobium Mines OLD Bulletin Vintage 1954 WITH MAP!

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This is USGS Bulletin 1015-B,
Niobium (Columbium) and Titanium at Magnet Cove and Potash Sulphur Springs, Arkansas
. Published in 1954, this is a pretty rare item. This publication consists of the 35-page book and THE ORIGINAL MAP, which is in a pocket in the back of the book. The map shows the locations of the various mines and prospects discussed in the book. These are some of the mines that are discussed in the book:
Magnet Cove Titanium Corp rutile deposit
Christy brookite deposit
Kilpatrick brookite deposits
Mo-Ti Corporation property
Kimsey calcite quarry area
This is a mineralogically important area that has produced the best brookite specimens in the US, and a number of other fine specimens of uncommon minerals. Check out the long list of minerals from these mines drawn from Mindat.org, including one type locality!:
Aegirine
Albite
Anatase
Andradite
Ankerite
Aragonite
Barite
Biotite
Brookite
Cacoxenite
Calcite
Dickite
Ferberite ?
Ferrimolybdite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hercynite
Kaolinite
Kimzeyite (Type Locality)
Magnetite
Molybdenite
Monticellite
Mordenite
Orthoclase
Perovskite var: Dysanalyte
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile
Sphalerite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Taeniolite
Thomsonite
Vesuvianite
Wavellite
Wollastonite
(List shows diversity; not necessarily mentioned in the text.)
This is a rare publication that makes not only a great guide for the collector wanting to visit this area, but also a unique historical record of this district in its early days. This is a rare opportunity for the mineral collector, historian, or anyone else that wants to have a look at the area!
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