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Mandjasite on eBay. Keep us in mind for quality microminerals and rare species at very affordable starting bids. Your satisfaction is guaranteed. Winners of five or more specimens receive at least one free specimen! Check out our auctions and good luck! Posted 5/25/05
Name: Mauldin Mountain
Alternate Name: Montgomery County Quarry
Location: near Mt. Ida, Montgomery county, Arkansas, United States
GPS:
Locality Type: Active Open Pit Mine
Mined by: Montgomery County (?)
Prodominent Host Rock: Big Fork Chert (sedimentary)
Prodominent Mineralization Host: Big Fork Chert
Mineral Species Count: ~6
Accessibility: Easy
Collectibility: Easy
ExplanationsMauldin Mountain, the locality, is actually the Montgomery County Gravel Pit. The pit is on the southeast side of Mauldin Mountain and cuts through Big Fork Chert.
Collecting, at present, would appear to not be restricted, however you should probably inquire locally. It's best to collect in the mid to late afternoon bracket, as traffic to the pit slows later in the day. Mineralization occurs in seams and cracks in the Big Fork Chert.
For clarity, if it's green wavellite, it's not necessarily from Mauldin Mountain. Too many Dug Hill specimens are mislabeled as Mauldin Mountain. Additionally, wavellite locales in the Ouachita Mountains are too numerous to list. Please take care to determine the accuracy of the label for any wavellite specimens which come into your possession.
Local minerals may include, but are not restricted to, crandallite, planerite, variscite, wavellite. View the available specimens in the pictures listed below:
wavellite (green)
. Photographer: Jason Smith (This specimen was sold on ebay by Jason. Visit ebay id Mandjasite for fine and rare micromounts)
Always remember safety glasses, steel toe shoes, and hard hat. Recommended tools include the following in order of importance: rock hammer, crow bar or pry bar, pick, shovel, chisel, crack hammer, buckets or bags or flats, optivisor or loupe or magnifying glass
Recommended supplies include the following: water, lunch, snacks, wrapping paper, sunscreen
From Malvern, AR, take Hwy. 270 through Hot Springs and west to Mt. Ida, AR. Stay on 270 through Mt. Ida. Go about 4 miles on 270 to sign for County Gravel pit and make a right onto a gravel road. Go about 1 mile on gravel road, then left on first road to the left and into the pit.
Hot Springs National Park KOA
838 McClendon Rd
Hot Springs, AR 71901
1-501-624-5912Lake Catherine State Park
1200 Catherine Park Road
Hot Springs, AR 71913
lakecatherine@arkansas.com
1-501-844-4176Lake Ouachita State Park
5451 Mountain Pine Road
Mountain Pine, AR 71956
lakeouachita@arkansas.com
1-501-767-9366Crater of Diamonds State Park
209 State Park Road
Murfreesboro, AR 71958
1-870-285-3113Lake Ouachita State Park
5451 Mountain Pine Road
Mountain Pine, AR 71956
lakeouachita@arkansas.com
1-501-767-9366Buckeye Mountain
CTS Rocks & Minerals
1501 E. Grand
Hot Springs, AR 71901Wright's Rock Shop
3612 Albert Pike Road
Hot Springs, AR 71901
1-501-767-4800Jim Coleman Crystal Mines and Rock Shop
5837 N. Highway 7
Jessieville, AR
1-501-984-5453 or 1-501-318-0739Stanley's Rock Shop
513 S. Pine Street
Mount Ida, AR 71957Aluminum Phosphate Minerals from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas (1985) A. E. Smith, Jr., Mineralogical Record, 16, 291295.
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