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  Bauxite, Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bauxite is a town located in Saline County, Arkansas.
Bauxite is located at 34°33'33" North, 92°30'51" West (34.559107, -92.514038)
The town experienced a large "boom" in the early 1940s, due to its ability to produce the mineral bauxite, the source ore for aluminum.
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 bauxite - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about bauxite
Bauxite (the chief ore of aluminium) is so called because it was first discovered at Les Baux, in France.
Principal ore of aluminium, consisting of a mixture of hydrated aluminium oxides and hydroxides, generally contaminated with compounds of iron, which give it a red colour.
Chief producers of bauxite are Australia, Guinea, Jamaica, Russia, Kazakhstan, Suriname, and Brazil.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /bauxite   (172 words)

  
 2000 Field Trip, Lafayette Geological Society - A professional organization for earth scientists
A sketch of the batholith outcrop and the embedded xenolith is reproduced from Howard's brochure.
The principal ore mineral in Arkansas bauxite is gibbsite, the trihydrate of alumina, rather than the dihydrate of aluminum in the original type specimen.
Arkansas bauxite is described as "a mixture of gibbsite with kaolinite, siderite, and other impurities in which gibbsite makes up more than 50 percent of the rock....[A] lower limit of 24 percent of available alumina was placed on rock called 'bauxite.'"
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 Bauxite, Arkansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bauxite was, in its peak, home to more than 7000 people who lived and worked there to mine and refine bauxite ore, the raw material for aluminum.
Bauxite miners were rugged, hard working individuals who subjected themselves to many of the same dangers as coal miners.
Bauxite is located in Saline County, Arkansas, near the geographic center of the State on Highway 183, between the cities of Bryant and Benton.
users.aristotle.net /~shicks/bauxite   (601 words)

  
 Aluminum
The principal ore of aluminum is bauxite, a complex mixture of a number of aluminum hydroxides and hydrous aluminum oxides.
Bauxite ranges in color from off-white to deep reddish brown, and structurally from a soft earthy material to a well-cemented rock.An easily recognizable oolitic (BB-sized concretions) to pisolitic (pea-sized concretions) grain texture characterizes many bauxite deposits, including those in Arkansas.
Bauxite was first mined in Arkansas as an ore of metallic aluminum in 1898, only 11 years after John C. Branner, State Geologist, first identified it in a sample from Pulaski County.
www.state.ar.us /agc/aluminum.htm   (1015 words)

  
 Bauxite, AR - Arkansas Florists, buy flowers from your local full service retail flower shops and florist serving ...
If Bauxite, Arkansas Florists are not available, florists in a nearby community who serve Bauxite, Arkansas may be provided.
It is vitally important that you provide Bauxite, Arkansas Florists with accurate, detailed information regarding the name and address of the person to whom you are sending flowers.
When placing an order for Delivery in Bauxite, Arkansas, it is usually wise to keep the order simple, the less specific you are in your request, the less room for error.
www.flowershopnetwork.com /directory/ArkansasFlorists/Bauxite.php   (919 words)

  
 Arkansas
Marble : "The crystalline texture of Arkansas marbles varies from coarse to fine and the colors may range from light gray to fl, 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.
In west-central Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma, Novaculite is quarried for whetstones.
The Slates of Arkansas, by A. Purdue, with a Bibliography of the Geology of Arkansas by J. Branner, Geol.
www.cagenweb.com /quarries/states/arkansas.html   (4585 words)

  
 Bauxite and Northern Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bauxite and Northern Railway (AAR reporting mark BXN) is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Arkansas.
BXN operates over 3 miles (5 km) of track in Bauxite, Arkansas.
Traffic consists of bauxite, alumina, clay, and cement.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bauxite_and_Northern_Railway   (150 words)

  
 Bauxite Post Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bauxite, Arkansas supposedly ceased to exist as of June 30, 1969 but not in the eyes of the United States Postal Service.
Here is the new Bauxite Post Office which was recently built just a few blocks away on Highway 183 (across the highway from the site of the old Rock Island Train Depot).
Although it seems to lack the charm of the old Post Office, it stands to serve the remaining patrons of Bauxite, Arkansas, 72011.
users.aristotle.net /~shicks/bauxite/postoffice.html   (216 words)

  
 Publications
WATER FOR ARKANSAS, by R.T. Sniegocki and M.S. Bedinger, 1969, 46 p., 12 pls., 11 figs.
The Arkansas Dinosaur "Arkansaurus fridayi", by A. Braden, 1998
GEOLOGY OF THE ARKANSAS BAUXITE REGION, by MacKenzie Gordon, Jr., J.I. Tracy, Jr.
www.state.ar.us /agc/publicat.htm   (3855 words)

  
 Bauxite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Vast deposits of bauxite, coal, iron ore and gas reserves are held by the big resources groups on such a basis.
Bauxite is also largely used in the manufacture of alum and other aluminium salts used in dyeing.
Bauxite commonly appears as a collection of small, reddish-brown nodules in a light brown, earthy matrix.
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 Arkansas History Commission & State Archives preserves Arkansas history
The Arkansas History Commission (AHC) is one of the oldest existing state agencies in The Natural State.
Arkansas' official state archives was created by the General Assembly in 1905.
At the AHC, the history of Arkansas and its people can be researched through manuscripts, books, microfilm, newspapers, maps, and visual materials plus census, county, military, Indian, cemetery and church records.
www.ark-ives.com   (213 words)

  
 Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The purpose of this web is to provide information of interest for all past residents of Bauxite, Arkansas and any others that would like to know about this unique little town.
The Bauxite Museum is housed in the beautiful colonial Bauxite Community Hall building.
At the height of the war, the Bauxite community produced 90% of the alumina ore which was needed to build air supremacy and turned the tide to victory for the allied forces.
www.bauxitemuseum.com   (507 words)

  
 Bauxite Chapter
Alcoa developed and built a Bayer-Sinter plant for processing the Bauxite ore into Aluminum oxide, which is the product that is converted into metal aluminum by the reduction process.
The high grade, low silica content Bauxite ore is no longer available and the low grade ore that is left is not economically feasible to process, so the mining and refining plants for both Reynolds and Alcoa have been shut down.
Bauxite, ArkansasSteven Hicks has interesting Bauxite information, history and photos on his pages.
www.nwla.com /bauxite   (758 words)

  
 Free Advertising for Bauxite Arkansas Businesses NitPickIt™ Free Classifieds & Business Listings
Bauxite Arkansas Business websites will be added to NitPickIt™ by clicking the blue (+) image at the top of the page in the city categories.
A return link is NOT required for free advertising in Arkansas, But When there is a link back, NitPickit™ will keep track of incoming and outgoing hits and will add these hits up.
Then simply click the link that says 'advertise your Bauxite Arkansas related site click here' listed above the free listings for your city and your Arkansas business website will be in the top listings for just $4.95 (Not Required).
www.nitpickit.com /free-advertising/307_Bauxite.shtml   (307 words)

  
 Bauxite schools
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Your search for 'districts or schools' in 'Bauxite' returns 3 results.
Arkansas school information: Arkansas schools, Arkansas districts, Arkansas cities
www.greatschools.net /modperl/bycity/ar/?city=Bauxite   (48 words)

  
 Weather 72011 Bauxite, Arkansas current and forecast weather
Weather 72011 Bauxite, Arkansas current and forecast weather
Would you like your very own Personal Forecast page for Bauxite, Arkansas with hour-by-hour details for the next 2 days?
Below is part of a sample forecast for Bauxite, Arkansas.
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 Bauxite Arkansas T1 Pricing in Real Time - T1sRus.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
You perform a search in Google and you see millions of results, all of which claim to save you money.
Once we began generating large amounts of volume for our suppliers, we were blessed with special rate plans and promotions that we alone could offer you, our customer.
Keywords are placed here to provide a quick summary of the services specifically offered by ShopforT1 Pricing in Bauxite.
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 Bauxite, Arkansas Detailed Profile - travel and real estate info, jobs, hotels, hospitals, weather, schools, crime, ...
Bauxite, Arkansas Detailed Profile - travel and real estate info, jobs, hotels, hospitals, weather, schools, crime,...
Back to Arkansas, AR smaller cities, AR small cities, All Cities.
New: Bauxite, AR residents, houses, and apartments details
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 Groundspeak Travel Bug Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
2004 - Population signs at the edge of Bauxite indicate population at the last census was 432.
And so, for one dizzying spin of slightly over 100 years back in time we watched the beginning, boom and bust of Bauxite, Arkansas.
I made pictures of Bauxite as it is now, but I'll have to find pictures of how it was then in the libraries and upload them later.
www.geocaching.com /track/details.aspx?id=52903   (723 words)

  
 Bauxite, AR (Saline County) - town business info - ePodunk
Bauxite, AR (Saline County) - town business info - ePodunk
Arkansas > All counties > Saline County > Bauxite, AR Bauxite, AR
Air, toxics, waste & water info for Saline County
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/bizData.php?locIndex=11386   (100 words)

  
 Lafayette Geological Society - A professional organization for earth scientists
STONE ENERGY for providing beverages and the use of their parking lot.
Excellent info about Arkansas mineralogy and Magnet Cove; succinct geological history of Arkansas
Field Tripping in Arkansas: Diamonds, Hot Springs, and Quartz Crystals
www.lgsweb.org /fieldtrip00.html   (250 words)

  
 Pine Haven Elementary School - Bauxite, Arkansas/AR - Public School Profile
Pine Haven Elementary School - Bauxite, Arkansas/AR - Public School Profile
500 Pine Haven Road, Bauxite, AR 72011-9332 -
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www.publicschoolreview.com /school_ov/school_id/3788   (126 words)

  
 Bauxite Arkansas Hotels, Motels and Area Attractions
All Countries > United States > Arkansas > Bauxite
1-10 of 15 Hotels Listed Within 15.0 Miles Of Center City Bauxite
Attractions Within 30 Miles Of Center City Bauxite.
www.metrotravelguide.com /hotels/bauxite/ar/usa   (37 words)

  
 Humane Society of Saline County-Arkansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
You may now get our Humane Society Membership application online!
We are very pleased to present the official website of The Humane Society of Saline County, Arkansas!
Our biggest goal for this site is to make it easier for you to see some of the wonderful animals we have available for adoption.
www.hssaline.org   (404 words)

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