- Arkansas Geological
Commission
-
Arkansas State Minerals Information (U.S. Geological Survey)
-
Arkansas
GeoStor - An "online data delivery system that allows the
user seamless access to digital map data (GeoData) of any area in Arkansas
with no subscription fee."
-
Arkansas Novaculite: More Than a Whetstone, Lesson
Plan by Julie Hill, Conway, Arkansas, 2001-2002 Butler Fellow. [PDF]
-
Geologic
Map of Arkansas, presented by Andrew Alden.
- Historical
Geology / Petrology Combined Field Trip #1, Paleozoic Rocks of The Ozark
Region, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas.
- Lafayette Geological Society
- Virtual Field Trips
in Arkansas
- Minerals
and Geology for the Ouachita and Ozark National Forests in Arkansas and
Oklahoma
- National Geologic Map Database, presented by the
United
States Geologic Survey.
- Ouachita
Mountains, GO 568, Structural Geology, James S. Aber, Emporia
State University. "The Ouachitas are surficial mountains in parts
of Arkansas and Oklahoma, and Ouachita structures are exposed in the Marathon
Basin of West Texas."
- Ozark Geobibleography:
A Bibliography of some of the Minerals and Geology References for the
Ozark National Forest areas in Arkansas.
(Scroll down to the “Ozark Geobibligraphy” section.)
- Rockhounding Arkansas
- Structure, Stratigraphy,
and Sedimentology of Paleozoic Rocks, Southeastern Ouachita Mountains,
Arkansas (Virtual Field Trip #2), Lafayette (Louisiana) Geological
Society Field Trip, March 19, 20, 21, 1999. This web site is presented
by Karen W. Broussard.
- University of Arkansas at Little
Rock Department of Earth Sciences
- University of Arkansas
– Department of Geosciences
- US Mineralogy
Literature List on J. Adam's Mineral
Page
- Archives
- Historical Sources
- 1875 Peel Mansion and Historic
Gardens, Bentonville, Arkansas.
- The American
Local History Network - Arkansas
- Arkansas Buildings, Structures, & Architects on the Philadelphia Architects & Buildings Project (PAB) web site. You can search the database for buildings, structures, and architects either as a visitor or you can register free. You cannot search for specific cities, but you can search for county locations. There are no photographs presented, but the location and/or address and the name of the architect are included if known; and the historic registration information is also included.
- Arkansas Department of Parks
and Tourism
- Arkansas GenWeb Project,
Betsy Mills, ARGenWeb Project State Coordinator, and Jeff Kemp, ARGenWeb
Project Assistant State Coordinator.
- Arkansas
Historical Association - Arkansas Historical Quarterly
- Arkansas River Historical
Society
- Arkansas
State Land Commission
- Arkansas
State Parks
- Benton
County, Arkansas, Historical Society. Near the town of
Beaver, in Benton County, limestone was quarried which provided building
material locally and for other town such as Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
- Carroll County,
Arkansas, Historical Society
- Department of Arkansas
Heritage Online
- Delta Cultural Center,
Helena, Arkansas. "The rich culture of the Mississippi
Delta is found in sites, sounds, people and events in eastern Arkansas."
-
Encyclopedia of Arkansas:
History and Culture “The Encyclopedia of Arkansas is a free, authoritative source of information about the rich history, geography, and culture of Arkansas.”
- Eureka
Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas, History, presented
by the Eureka Springs Tourist Center.
- Historic
Arkansas, presented by UShistory.com.
-
Historical and Genealogical Societies, presented by the Arkansas Historical Commission.
- Historical
Arkansas, presented by the Arkansas Department of Parks
and Tourism.
- History of Southwest
Arkansas, Sponsored by the History Department of Southern
Arkansas University at Magnolia.
- The
Kansas City Southern Railroad Lines - "A Brief History
of The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Louisiana & Arkansas
Railway Company, Ft. Smith and Van Buren Railway Company, MidSouth Corporation,
and Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad Company," The 1,711
mile-long Kansas City Southern Railway Company line was constructed
to connect the region and provide transportation of the area's resources
in the states through which the line ran: Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas. It was built after the major settlement
of the Midwest. (This web site is presented by the Kansas City Southern
Historical Society.)
- Libraries
- Museums
- Other
- 1856 - The following excerpt is from the 1856,
The Marble-Workers' Handbook : "Arkansas
is well supplied (with marble/limestone)."
- 1882 - The Arkansas Stone
and Building Industry in 1882, Excerpts from Mineral Resources
of the United States, Calendar Year 1882, J. S. Powell, Director,
Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government
Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1883. Excerpts from the chapters on
1) "Structural Materials" and 2) "The Useful Minerals of the United States."
- 1883 and 1884 Arkansas
Stone Industry, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United
States - Calendar Years 1883 and 1884, Department of the Interior,
United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington,
D. C., 1885.
- 1885 - The Arkansas Stone
and Building Industry in 1885, Excerpts from Mineral Resources
of the United States, Calendar Year 1885, David T. Day, Geologist,
Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government
Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1887. Excerpts from the chapters on
1) "Structural Materials," by H. S. Sproull; and 2) "Abrasive
Materials."
- 1886 - The Arkansas Stone and
Building Industry, 1886, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of
the United States, Calendar Year 1886, David T. Day, Chief of Division
of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United
States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.,
1887. Excerpts from the book are from the chapters on 1) "Structural
Materials," by William C. Day; and 2) "Novaculite," by
George M. Turner.
- 1908 - The Arkansas Stone Industry,
1908, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States,
Calendar Year 1908, Part II - Nonmetallic Products, Department of
the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office,
Washington, D. C., 1909. Excerpts from the book are from the chapters
on: 1) "Slate," by A. T. Coons; 2) "Stone," by A.
T. Coons; 3) part of chapter on "Abrasive Materials," by W.
C. Phalen.
- 1994
through 2004 - The Mineral Industry of Arkansas - U. S. Bureau
of Mines, U. S. Department of the Interior - 1994 through 2004.
- Arkansas –
A Brief History of Mineral Development, presented by the Mineral
Information Institute.
- Arkansas Geological Commission (The
following quotes are used with the permission of the Arkansas Geological
Commission; from "American Geological Commission Bulletin 24: Mineral,
Fossil-fuels, and Water Resources of Arkansas, edited by J. M. Howard,
G. W. Colton, and W. L. Prior, 1997, 115 p.)
- Stone, Crushed
and Dimension: Some of the dimension stone of
Arkansas is shipped to worldwide markets, although most of it is used
within the state. Dimension stone in Arkansas includes limestone,
slate and sandstone. In the past Arkansas has had a large production
of "marble."
- Limestone
and Dolostone: There have been some limestone
quarries quarried in the Ouachita Mountains.
- Marble
: "The crystalline texture of Arkansas marbles varies
from coarse to fine and the colors may range from light gray to black,
tan to yellow to rust, and it may have one uniform color or several
shades...Marble is mined exclusively from limestones and dolostones...in
north Arkansas.
"The first export of marble from Arkansas was
in 1836, the year Arkansas became a state. A large block of Early
Mississippian limestone was quarried near Marble Falls in Newton County
and sent to Washington, D.C., to be used in the construction of the
Washington Monument. Marble production has been intermittent throughout
most of its commercial history, but in recent years the use of products
made of Arkansas marble has steadily increased. Most current mining
operations of commercial marble in Arkansas are located near Batesville,
Independence County."
- Sandstone
: Arkansas contains practically unlimited quantities of sandstone
in the Highland area. Sandstone is also found in the Boston Mountains,
Springfield and the Salem Plateaus. There are practically unlimited
quantities of sandstone in the Paleozoic Highland area of Arkansas
and other areas of Arkansas.
- Facts About
Arkansas
- "Arkansas' five most valuable non-fuel mineral
resources, based on annual production, are: bromine,
crushed stone, sand/gravel, clays, and limestone.
- "Rocks and minerals currently produced or recovered
in Arkansas: Bauxite, Dolostone, Gypsum, Quartz,
Tripoli, Cement rock, Gemstones, Limestone, Sandstone, Sulfur,
Tuff, Clays, Glass/Industrial Sand, Novaculite, Slate, Syenite."
-
Arkansas Tech University - Field Trip (Photographs on the
main page and additional photos.)
- Jones Mill Quarry (photograph)
- Hatton Quarry (1/2 mile from), Polk County, Meridian
Company Hatton Quarry (formerly Hertzhog Inc.), Arkansas (Arkansas
Novaculite and Hatton Tuff)
- The Highland Quarry, 5 miles southwest of Murfreesboro
(limestones, gypsum, mudstones, and minor sands)
- Slate Quarry on Slatington Mountain - "Slates
used to be quarried in this area in years past (for hand-held slate
tablets for school children, I am told). The town of Slatington no
longer exists."
- The Diamond Joe Quarry (Nepheline-bearing syenite
that makes up the main body of the quarry. Some of these rocks contain
small, dark knots of black melanite garnet - these are titanium-rich
garnets.)"
- Mid-State Construction Materials Quarry (Arkansas
Novaculite and Stanley Group Ashales@ and "sandstones")
- Dan's Whetstone
Company, Inc., Hot Springs, Arkansas
- DiscoverySchool.com (Worldbook) - Arkansas - Minerals and Mining.
Some mineral deposits in Arkansas include granite, limestone, marble,
and soapstone. (This information is no longer available on the DiscoverySchool.com
web site.)
<http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook.html>.
- "Oil
and White Stones – Where they Come From and Where they are Manufactured
– A Large Establishment," (Oil or Ouichita Stone) published
in Scientific American December 9,1868)
- Prehistoric Novaculite (Whetstone) Quarries in
the Ouachita Mountains, Meeks Etchieson, Heritage Program Manager, Ouachita
National Forest, Hot Springs, Arkansas, presented by the Ouachita
National Forest in Arkansas and Oklahoma. In west-central Arkansas and
southeastern Oklahoma, Novaculite is quarried for whetstones.
Please Note: The publications of the Arkansas Geological Commission
listed below are available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission in their Publications section of the web site.
- Annual Report of The Geological Survey of Arkansas For 1890, Vol.
4. Marbles and Other Limestones, by T. C. Hopkins, Little Rock,
Arkansas, (2 vols.) 1893, 443 pp.
- Arkansas and the Land, by Thomas Foti and Gerald T. Hanson,
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1992.
- Arkansas: Its Land and People, by Thomas Foti, Little Rock:
Arkansas Department of Education, 1976.
- Arkansas Quartz Crystals, by J.M. Howard, 1986 (Revised
1999) (pamphlet) (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- The Atoka Formation in North-Central Arkansas, Guide Book
68-1, by C.G. Stone, 1968, 11 pp., 4 figs. (Available from the Arkansas
Geological Commission.)
- Base Map of Arkansas: Edition of 1990, scale 1:500,000 (~8 miles/inch),
approximately 35" x 39". (Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission - Maps section.)
- "The Batesville White Lime Company," by James R. Fair,
Independence County Chronicle; January 1975.
- Benton (north of), Salina County, Arkansas - Soapstone/Steatite Deposit. Excerpt from Report of the United States National Museum Under the Direction of the Smithsonian Institutions For the Year Ending June 30, 1886, Chapter entitled, “The Collection of Building and Ornamental Stones In The U. S. National Museum: A Hand-book and Catalogue,” By George P. Merrill, Curator, Department Lithology and Physical Geology, pp. 285-291. “Serpentines of the Various States and Territories,” pp. 358.
“Arkansas. - Specimens of a fine, compact, brecciated steatite have been received at the museum from some 12 miles north of Benton, Salina County. The supply is stated to be abundant.”
- Black Marbles of Northern Arkansas, with a Section on Their Economic
Possibilities, by Bryan Parks, J. M. Hansel, and E. E. Bonewits,
Arkansas Geological Survey; 1932. 51 pp. (The black marble deposits described
in this report are exposed for more than 200 miles in Independence, Cleburne,
Stone, and Searcy counties. They are the only deposits of true black marble
known to occur in the United States. With the exception of the Arkansas
product, all the true black marble used in this country is imported from
Belgium. This report is an attempt to call attention to the distribution
and quality of the stone, the prevailing markets, and the possibilities
for developing the industry.)
- Contributions To The Geology of Arkansas: Volume I, MP
18A, edited by J.D. McFarland, III, 1982, 90 pp., 32 figs., 11 tables.
(Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Contributions To The Geology of Arkansas: Volume II, MP
18B, edited by J.D. McFarland, III and W.V. Bush, 1984, 168 pp., 67 figs.,
5 tables, 5 pls. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Contributions To The Geology of Arkansas: Volume III,
MP 18C, edited by J.D. McFarland, III, 1988, 125 pp., 70 figs., 7 pls.,
13 tables. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Contributions To The Geology of Arkansas: Volume IV, MP
18D, edited by J. M. Howard, 1999, 116 pp., 20 figs., 3 appendices. (Available
from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Contributions To The Geology of The Ozarks, MP 12,edited
by K.N. Headrick and O.A. Wise, 1975, 106 pp., 5 pls., 20 figs., 2 tables.
[Includes 5 contributed papers.] (Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission.)
- County Mineral Report 2: Mineral Resources of Benton, Carroll,
Madison and Washington Counties (Arkansas), MP 2, 1940, reissued
1964, 55 pp., 10 pls., 5 figs., 27 tables. (Available from the Arkansas
Geological Commission.)
- Field Trip Guidebook, Central Arkansas Economic Geology and Petrology,
Guide Book 67-1, 1967, 28 pp., 9 figs. [Compiled by the Arkansas Geological
Commission for the Geological Society of America Field Conference, Nov.
18-19, 1967.] (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Field Guide To The Magnet Cove Area and Selected Mining Operations
and Mineral Collecting Localities in Central Arkansas, Guidebook
82-1, by C.G. Stone, J.M. Howard and D.F. Holbrook, 1982, reprinted 1985,
31 pp., 16 figs. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Field Guide To The Paleozoic Rocks of The Ouachita Mountains and
Arkansas Valley Provinces, Arkansas, Guidebook 81-1, by C.G. Stone
and J.D. McFarland, III, 1981, 140 pp., 74 figs. (Available from the Arkansas
Geological Commission.)
- General Geology and Mineral Resources of The Caddo River Watershed,
Information Circular 29, by C.G. Stone and W.V. Bush, 1984, 32 pp., 6
figs. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Geologic Map of Arkansas, by B. R. Haley and others, 1993. Revised
from 1976 edition. Scale 1:500,000 (~8 miles/inch), 53" x 34",
in color. (Available from the Arkansas
Geological Commission - Maps section.)
- Geology of Delaware Quadrangle, Logan County, and Vicinity, Arkansas,
Information Circular 20A, by E.A. Merewether and B.R. Haley, 1961, 30
pp., 4 pls., 1 fig., 1 table. (Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission.)
- Geology of The Greenwood Quadrangle, Arkansas-Oklahoma,
Information Circular 20F, by B.R. Haley and T.A. Hendricks, 1968, 15 pp.,
4 pls., 2 figs., 6 tables. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Geology of Knoxville Quadrangle, Johnson and Pope Counties, Arkansas,
Information Circular 20E, by E.A. Merewether, 1967, 55 pp., 4 pls., 1
fig., 1 table. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Geology of Paris Quadrangle, Logan County, Arkansas, Information
Circular 20B, by B.R. Haley, 1961, 40 pp., 5 pls., 1 fig., 1 table. (Available
from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Geology of The Coal Hill, Hartman, and Clarksville Quadrangles,
Johnson County and Vicinity, Arkansas, Information Circular 20H,
by E.A. Merewether and B.R. Haley, 1969, 27 pp., 4 pls., 2 figs., 5 tables.
(Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Geology of The Fort Smith District, Arkansas, Professional
Paper 221-E, by T.A. Hendricks and Bryan Parks, 1950, 28 pp., 6 figs.,
6 pls. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Geology of The Knoxville and Delaware Quadrangles, Johnson and
Logan Counties and Vicinity, Arkansas, Information Circular 20J,
by E.A. Merewether, 1972, 18 pp., 4 pls., 1 fig., 5 tables. (Available
from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Geology of the Saline County Xenolith and Surrounding Area,
by J. M. Howard (1991) (pamphlet) (Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission.)
- Geology of The Scranton and New Blaine Quadrangles, Logan and
Johnson Counties, Arkansas, Information Circular 20G, by B.R.
Haley, 1968, 10 pp., 4 pls., 1 fig., 3 tables. (Available from the Arkansas
Geological Commission.)
- Geology of The Van Buren and Lavaca Quadrangles, Arkansas-Oklahoma,
Information Circular 20I, by B.R. Haley and T.A. Hendricks, 1972, 41 pp.,
7 pls., 12 figs., 3 tables. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Guidebook: Economic Geology of Central Arkansas, Guidebook
86-1, by Arkansas Geological Commission, 1986, 31 pp., 14 figs. Includes
7 contributed articles. [Prepared for Society of Economic Geologists Field
Trip No. 2, Feb 28-Mar. 1, 1986.] ) (Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission.)
- Guidebook To Lower And Middle Ordovician Strata of North-Eastern
Arkansas and Generalized Log of Route From Little Rock To Batesville,
Arkansas, Guide Book 73-3, 1973, 22 pp., 2 figs. [Prepared for
Geological Society of America Field Trip, Apr. 5-7, 1973.] ) (Available
from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- A Guidebook To Southwestern Arkansas, Guidebook 80-2,
by B.F. Clardy, 1980, 12 pp., 5 pls. (Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission.)
- A Guidebook To The Atoka Formation in Arkansas, Guide
Book 78-1, by W.V. Bush, B.R. Haley, C.G. Stone and J.D. McFarland, III,
1978, 62 pp., 17 pls., 43 figs. [Prepared for the South-Central Section,
Geological Society of America, March, 1978.] ) (Available from the Arkansas
Geological Commission.)
- A Guidebook To The Geology of The Central and Southern Ouachita
Mountains, Arkansas, Guidebook 84-2, by C.G. Stone and B.R. Haley,
1984, 131 pp., 23 pls., 42 figs., 4 tables. Includes 9 contributed articles.
(Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Guidebook To The Geology f The Eastern Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas,
Guidebook 82-2, by C.G. Stone and W.V. Bush, 1982, 24 pp., 10 figs. (Available
from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Guidebook To The Geology of The Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas,
Guide Book 73-1A, by C.G. Stone, B.R. Haley and G.W. Viele, 1973, revised
1980, 113 pp., 25 pls., 5 figs., 48 photos. [Prepared for Geological Society
of America Field Trip, Apr. 5-7, 1973.] (Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission.)
- A Guidebook To The Ordovician-Mississippian Rocks of North-Central
Arkansas, Guide Book 79-1, by J. D. McFarland, III, W.V. Bush,
O.A. Wise and D.F. Holbrook, 1979, 25 pp., 6 pls., 16 figs. (Available
from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Guidebook To Paleozoic Rocks in The Eastern Ouachita Mountains
Arkansas, Guidebook 94-1, by C.G. Stone, B.R. Haley and M.H. Davis,
1994, 46 pp., 30 figs. Includes 4 contributed articles. [Prepared for
the South-Central Section, Geological Society of America's Arkansas
Field Trip Mar. 20-23, 1994.] ) (Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission.)
- A Guidebook To The Post-St. Peter Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian
Rocks of North-Central Arkansas, Guidebook 84-1, by W.W. Craig.
O.A. Wise and J.D. McFarland, III, 1984, 49 pp., 25 figs. (Available from
the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- A Guidebook To The Second Geological Excursion on Lake Ouachita,
Guide Book 79-4, by B.R. Haley, C.G. Stone and J.D. McFarland, III, 1979,
23 pp., 1 pl., 27 figs. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Historical Atlas of Arkansas, by Gerald T. Hanson and Carl
H. Moneyhon Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989.
- "Last Narrow-Gauge Train runs at Limedale," Batesville
Guard, October 10, 1979.
- "Marbles and Other Limestones," by Thomas C. Hopkins,
Annual Report Geological Survey of Arkansas, Vol. 4, 1893, Chapters
I, II, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XXVII, XXVII, XXVIII, pp. 159-160.
- Mineral, Fossil-Fuel, and Water Resources of Arkansas,
Bulletin 24, edited by J.M. Howard, G.W. Colton and W.L. Prior, 1997,
115 pp., 26 figs., 2 tables. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Mineral Resources and Industries of Arkansas, U.S. Bureau
of Mines, Bulletin 645, by Raymond B. Stroud, R. H. Arndt, et.
al., 1969.
- Mineral Resources of Arkansas, Bulletin No. 6, by George
C. Branner, State Geological Survey, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1945. (Some
of the subjects covered in this book are marble, sandstone, quartzite,
slate, and soapstone.)
- Minerals of Arkansas:
An Electronic Database, SS 1, by J.D. McFarland and J.M. Howard,
1996, 2003. An IBM-compatible, Windows based 3 ½-inch installation disc,
including a 14- page instruction manual. (Available from the Arkansas
Geological Commission.) Now available for free download.
- "Mining and Preparation of St. Peter Sandstone in Arkansas,"
by D. D. Dunkin, Amer. Inst. Min. Met. Eng. Tech. Pub. 55, 1928.
- "Notes on Arkansas Roofing Slates," in Bulletin
225, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office,
Washington, D. C., 1904, pp. 414-416.
- Ouachita Symposium, MP 6, 1959, [Prepared by the Dallas
Geological Society and Ardmore Geological Society, for annual meeting
(March, 1959) of the Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society
of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists. Includes 208-page text
edited by L.M. Cline and others, separate pocket containing guidebook
and 17 large figures.] (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- "The Problem of the St. Peter Sandstone," by C. L.
Dake, University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Bulletin,
Tech. ser., Vol. 6, No. 1, 1921.
- Quartz Crystal Deposits of Western Arkansas, Bulletin
973-E, by A.E.J. Engel, 1952, 88 pp., 10 figs., 21 pls., 10 tables, various
map scales. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Quartz, Rectorite, and Cookeite From The Jeffrey Quarry Near North
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, Bulletin 21, by H.D. Miser
and Charles Milton, 1964, 29 pp., 11 figs., 5 tables. (Available from
the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Phase I: Core-Drilling Project-Peyton Creek Phosphate Area, Searcy-Van
Buren Counties, Arkansas, MP 9, by Arkansas Geological Commission,
1964, 39 pp., 1 fig., 25 logs. (Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission.)
- Phase II: Core-Drilling Project-Peyton Creek Phosphate Area, Searcy-Van
Buren Counties, Arkansas, MP 10, by Arkansas Geological Commission,
1965, 34 pp., 2 figs., 22 logs. (Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission.)
- Pre-Atoka Rocks of Northern Arkansas, Professional Paper
314-H by S.E. Freezon and E.E. Glick,, 1959, 19 pp., 1 fig., 1 table,
12 pls., scale approx. 1:1,250,000. (Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission.)
- Proceedings of The 22nd Forum on The Geology of Industrial Minerals,
MP 21, edited by G.W. Colton, 1988, 115 pp., 82 figs., 15 tables. (Available
from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Relationship of Igneous Activity To Mineral Deposits in Arkansas,
MP 8, by C.G. Stone and P.J. Sterling, 1964, reprinted 1980, 23 pp., 8
figs. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Relationship of Igneous Activity To Mineral Deposits in Arkansas,
MP 8, by C.G. Stone and P.J. Sterling, 1964, reprinted 1980, 23 pp., 8
figs. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Rock And Mineral Collecting Localities [Arkansas], MP
19, by J.M. Howard, 1982, 7 pp., including location maps. Free upon request.
(Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Sedimentary and Igneous Rocks of The Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas,
Part I, Guidebook 86-2, by C.G. Stone, J.M. Howard and B.R. Haley,
1986, 151 pp., 27 pls., 73 figs., 1 table. Includes 7 contributed articles.
[Prepared for Geological Society of America's Arkansas Field Trip,
Nov., 1986.] (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Sedimentary and Igneous Rocks of The Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas,
Part II, Guidebook 86-3, by C.G. Stone and B.R. Haley, 1986 [Prepared
for Geological Society of America's Arkansas Field Trip, Nov. 1986.]
(Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Sentinels of History: Reflections on Arkansas Properties on the
National Register of Historic Places, University of Arkansas Press,
May 2000, by Mark K. Christ (Editor), Cathy Buford Slater (Editor), Cathryn
H. Slater (Editor),, 291 pp. ISBN: 1557286051.
- Shaded Relief Map of Arkansas: Edition of 1990. Scale 1:500,000
(~8 miles/inch), approximately 35" x 39". (Available from the
Arkansas Geological
Commission - Maps section.)
- Silurian and Devonian Rocks of Northern Arkansas, Information
Circular 25, by O. A. Wise and W. M. Caplan, 1979, 14 pp., 7 pls., 1 table.
(Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- The Slates of Arkansas, by A. H. Purdue, with a Bibliography
of the Geology of Arkansas by J. C. Branner, Geol. Survey Arkansas, 1909.
(See also U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 430, pp. 317-334, 1910.)
- Stone Used in the Construction of the Arkansas State Capitol Building,
by J.D. McFarland, n.d. (pamphlet) (Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission.)
- Stratigraphic Summary of Arkansas, Information Circular,
compiled by J. D. McFarland, 1998, 39 pp. (Available from the Arkansas
Geological Commission.) May be purchased with a State Geologic Map.
- Subsurface Geology of Pre-Everton Rocks in Northern Arkansas,
Information Circular 21, by W. M. Caplan, 1960, 17 pp., 5 pls., 1 fig.,
3 tables. (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Symposium on The Geology of The Ouachita Mountains, Volume I,
MP 13, edited by C.G. Stone et al., 1977, 174 pp., maps and illustrations.
[Includes 18 papers on the stratigraphy, sedimentology, petrography, tectonics
and paleontology of Arkansas and Oklahoma and dedications to Hugh Dinsmore
Miser.] (Available from the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- Symposium on The Geology of The Ouachita Mountains, Volume II,
MP 14, edited by C.G. Stone et al., 1977, 74 pp., maps and illustrations.
[Includes material honoring Hugh Dinsmore Miser and 9 papers on economic
geology, geochemistry, mineralogy, and related subjects.] (Available from
the Arkansas Geological Commission.)
- The Tertiary Geology of Southern Arkansas, Annual Report of
The Geological Survey of Arkansas For 1892, Vol. 2, by Gilbert D.
Harris, Geological Survey of Arkansas, Morrillton, Arkansas: 1894, 207
pp.
- Tertiary Limestones of Pulaski and Saline Counties, Arkansas,
Information Circular 13, by M. W. Corbin and G. R. Heyl, 1941, 28 pp.,
6 pls., 1 table, 130 logs of test holes. (Available from the Arkansas
Geological Commission.)
- Topographic Map of Arkansas: Edition of 1990. Scale 1:500,000
(~8 miles/inch), contour interval 200 feet, approximately 35" x 39".
(Available from the Arkansas Geological
Commission - Maps section.)
- The Finished Product from
Arkansas Stone used in Arkansas
- Altus, Franklin
County, Arkansas - the Mount Bethel Winery. Stone quarried
from the same quarry on Pond Creek Mountain (sometimes called St.
Mary's Mountain) was used in the construction of St. Mary's
church. The same native stone was used in the construction of the
wine cellar built in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Mount Bethel
Winery uses the wine cellar as their tasting room.
- Altus, Franklin
County, Arkansas - St. Mary's Church. Stone used
in the construction of St. Mary's church was quarried by hand
from the quarry on Pond Creek Mountain. Pond Creek Mountain is sometimes
referred to as St. Mary's Mountain.
- Arkansas
- the Texarkana Post Office, presented on The
Arkansas Roadside Travelogue. Pink granite from Texas was used
to construct the base of the building and Arkansas limestone was used
for the walls.
- Eureka
Springs, Arkansas - the Bank of Eureka Springs (history)
(The following quote and accompanying photographs are used with the
permission of the Bank of Eureka Springs.)
"On May 4, 1912 Bank of Eureka Springs was
issued a corporate certificate from the Office of the Secretary of 
State. The original banking location was at 75 Spring Street in the former Clark and Klock Building...In 1966 the McGinnis property was purchased at 70 South Main Street
and is where the main bank building now sits...The new buildingreflected the turn-of-the-century atmosphere of the town, incorporating motifs of earlier days...In 1978, the Board enlarged and remodeled the Bank. Taking note of the approaching Centennial of Eureka Springs in 1979, they chose to create the look of a truly historical Bank. The stone used was from the same quarry that had provided stone for many of the buildings in Eureka Springs."
- Eureka Springs, Arkansas - the Basin Park Hotel
(photograph and history) (The following quote is used with the permission
of Positive Idea Marketing Plans.) "Like the Crescent Hotel and
many other buildings in town, the limestone quarry near the town of
Beaver provided the rock exterior of the hotel. There are several
horizontal rows of red dolomite around this building. Although very
evident when built, it is quite easy to miss seeing the red dolomite
now." (1905)
- Eureka Springs, Arkansas - the Crescent Hotel
(photograph) Many of the buildings in Eureka Springs, including the
Crescent Hotel, were built with stone from the limestone quarry near
the town of Beaver. (Opened May 20, 1886)
- Fort
Smith, Crawford County, Arkansas - Building the Second Fort Smith,
presented by the Fort Smith National Historic Site. After Congress
authorized reoccupation and enlargement of the post at Fort Smith,
a stone quarry was opened at Belle Point.
- Fort Smith, Arkansas – the First Presbyterian
Church – the Floor. From "The
Restoration," by Ben Boulden, Times
Record, Posted: Monday, February 2, 2004. This article is on the
construction project which restored the 105-year-old sanctuary and
chapel. Works on the construction began in June 2003 and the projected
end was to be the end of February 2004. It was decided to use two
types of limestone from a quarry in Batesville for the floor.
- Little Rock,
Arkansas - Courthouse and Post Office (Constructed in
1881) The Little Rock Courthouse and Post Office were constructed
of brick with a Cabin Creek Arkansas sandstone foundation. Red Missouri
granite was used for the base and water table, and buff Berea, Ohio,
sandstone was used in the upper stories. In 1897 the north courtroom
was added, which used Tennessee gray marble and Tennessee pink marble
borders. During the restoration faux marble veining was used to match
the existing marble. (The link from which the above information was obtained is no
longer available.)
<http://www.arb.uscourts.gov/Court Information/building.htm>
-
Little
Rock, Arkansas - State Capitol - Virtual Tour. The exterior
of the Capitol and the columns are limestone, which was quarried in
Batesville, Arkansas.
- North Little
Rock, Arkansas – the Howell-Garner-Monfee House – 3 Fireplaces. (This information was obtained from the "Attractions and Historic Places" section of the North Little Rock web site.)(The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
<http://www.northlittlerock.org/history.html>
The house is located at 300 West 4th Street, and the house
was built in 1906. In 1940 three fireplaces of Arkansas marble were
added.
- Winslow (south
of), Arkansas – the Ozark Folkways Heritage Center Building
(photograph and history) Arkansas sandstone was used in the construction
of the building in which this organization is located. There is a
photograph of the building on the web site.
- The Finished Product from
Arkansas Stone used in Illinois
- Urbana-Champaign, Illinois - University
of Illinois - the Natural Resources Building. The
floor and stairs at the east entrance interior are built with "...the
brown to dark brown limestone that contains very light brown speckles
is Nerobi Marble. It came from a bed in the Warsaw Formation at Carthage
quarry. The dark grayish brown stone with the streaks of light grayish
brown mottles is Dark Plattin Marble was used for the lower wall veneer,
pillar and baseboard. This stone was supplied by the Carthage Marble
Company, and 'was probably extracted from a quarry near Batesville
in north-central Arkansas.'" (The link from which this
information was obtained is no longer available.)
<http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/build/fulltext.html>
- The Finished Product from
Arkansas Stone used in Washington, D.C.
- Washington, D. C. – the
Arkansas Memorial Stone in the Washington
Monument. (photograph of stone and history) This web site is presented
by the National Park Service. The stone donated by the state of Arkansas
for inclusion in the Washington Monument was Arkansas Brown Limestone.
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