2019-2020 Data Preservation Grant - Critical Minerals

USGS Grant Purpose Data Preservation
Grant Year 2019 - 2020
Grant Subject Matter Critical Minerals
General Description

This Data Preservation Grant of Critical Minerals contains:

  • Figures showing know locations of critical mineral occurrences in the state.
  • Figures highlight antimony, barite, bauxite, lithium, manganese, strontium, titanium and igneous complexes.
  • Draft map, "Depth of Crystalline Basement". This figure shows locations where crystalline basement rock were encountered.

Figures and Maps


Antimony Critical Minerals Figure PDF (678 KB)

Arkansas Depth To Crystalline Basement Map PDF (1.98 MB)

Barite Critical Minerals Figure PDF (686 KB)

Bauxite Critical Minerals Figure PDF (686 KB)

Arkansas Critical Minerals Figure PDF (1.42 MB)

Critical Minerals Figure, Counties PDF (670 KB)

Potash Sulphur Springs and Magnet Cove Igneous Complexes Critical Minerals Figure PDF (684 KB)

Lithium Critical Minerals Figure PDF (692 KB)

Manganese Critical Minerals Figure PDF (682 KB)

Strontium Critical Minerals Figure PDF (678 KB)

Titanium Critical Minerals Figure PDF (682 KB)

Rare Earth Element (REE) location map PDF (410 KB)

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