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  2. Rush Creek mining district - Wikipedia

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    Smithsonite with calcite from the Monte Cristo mine, Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas (size: 11.7 x 9.3 x 5.2 cm Ruins of the New White Eagle Mill, Rush Historic District, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. The best known and most prolific zinc mining region of north Arkansas for many years was the Rush Creek mining district of ...

  3. National Mine Map Repository - Wikipedia

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    NMMR's oldest mine: 1792 anthracite coal, "Old Mine." One of NMMR's oldest mine maps: 1859 anthracite coal map from Hazleton Coal Co. The NMMR contains digital and microfilm maps of surface and underground coal, metal, and non-metal mines throughout the United States. Some of the information that can be obtained from the repository includes:

  4. Rush Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Rush Historic District is a zinc mining region of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. Now located within Buffalo National River , the district includes ruins dating from 1880 to 1940. The area was an important part of what became known as the North Arkansas Lead and Zinc District , and played a role in the development of railroads and modern ...

  5. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 - Wikipedia

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    25th Anniversary of the Surface Mining Law: A report on the protection and restoration of the nation's land and water resources under the Surface Mining Law, Office of Surface Mining, 2003. Available at OSM website. Green, Edward. State and Federal Roles Under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 21 S. Ill. U. L.J. 531 (1997)

  6. List of Superfund sites in Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in Arkansas designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]

  7. Lists of mines in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mine: State: Coordinates: Town: Owner: Dates: Comments: Pyne Mine: Alabama 33°22′33.18″N 86°55′21.65″W Lacey's Chapel: Woodward Iron Company: 1918–1971 One of only two shaft mines dug in the Birmingham District, and the last ore mine to operate in the region, closing in 1971. Sloss Mines: Alabama 33.39816°N 86.93276°W Red Mountain

  8. Category:Mining in Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 10:21 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  9. Surface mining - Wikipedia

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    The Siilinjärvi carbonatite complex, [1] an open-pit mine owned by Yara International, in Siilinjärvi, Finland Coal strip mine in Wyoming. Surface mining, including strip mining, open-pit mining and mountaintop removal mining, is a broad category of mining in which soil and rock overlying the mineral deposit (the overburden) are removed, in contrast to underground mining, in which the ...