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Questionmarktarius 03/09/21 7:48:37 PM #30:	Balrog0 posted... There really isn't a dominant industry here outside of retail, which is one big reason we're so poor. Allow me to suggest an alternative: https://www.geology.arkansas.gov/minerals/critical-minerals.html Thorium (Th) - Thorium minerals are generally radioactive. During the 1950's exploration for radioactive elements discovered anomalies in the Magnet Cove area in Hot Springs County and in Saline County. In Saline County thorium and uranium are present in a quartz-feldspar rock. A selected sample analyzed 0.019% uranium and 1.5% thorium. There has been no mining of thorium or uranium in the state. Ref: Erickson, R.L., and Blade, L.V., 1963, Geochemistry and petrology of the alkali igneous complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas: US Geological Survey Professional Paper 425, 99p. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:951535337] in My weekly ... [t:79339953]...</cite> <quote>Balrog0 posted... </cite> <quote>There really isn't a dominant industry here outside of retail, which is one big reason we're so poor.</quote> Allow me to suggest an alternative: https://www.geology.arkansas.gov/minerals/critical-minerals.html <quote>Thorium (Th) - Thorium minerals are generally radioactive. During the 1950's exploration for radioactive elements discovered anomalies in the Magnet Cove area in Hot Springs County and in Saline County. In Saline County thorium and uranium are present in a quartz-feldspar rock. A selected sample analyzed 0.019% uranium and 1.5% thorium. There has been no mining of thorium or uranium in the state. Ref: Erickson, R.L., and Blade, L.V., 1963, Geochemistry and petrology of the alkali igneous complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas: US Geological Survey Professional Paper 425, 99p.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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