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Lake Catherine Quarry
Nearest city Malvern, Arkansas
Area68 acres (28 ha)
NRHP reference  No. 75000388 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 11, 1975

The Lake Catherine Quarry is a prehistoric stone quarry in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. The site was used as a source of black novaculite, a relatively rare form of chert. Evidence of Native American quarrying activity at the site includes quarry pits, spoil piles, and a scattered talus slope of rejected materials. The site is untainted by historic quarrying, providing a potentially significant window into prehistoric quarrying methods. [2]

The quarry site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Summary description of Lake Catherine Quarry Site". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved October 23, 2015.