<P> Bauxite is still mined in Arkansas, but has not been mined for aluminium metal production since 1981 . Alcoa operates a processing plant near Benton, Arkansas, which produces used as a high - strength proppant in hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells . The bauxite is mined by McGeorge Contractors . </P> <P> Bauxite has been mined near Eufaula, Alabama since 1927 . In 2007, 142 thousand short tons were mined, for use in chemical manufacture, abrasives, and high - temperature refractory materials . </P> <P> Bauxite has been commercially mined in the Andersonville, Georgia district since 1914 . Bauxite deposits occur in beds of kaolinite clay in the Nanafalia formation of the Wilcox group, of Eocene age . Mining of bauxite and kaolinite is currently being done by Mullite Company of America (Mulcoa). </P> <P> Bauxite was mined at two mines near Spottswood, Virginia, from 1940 to 1946 . Total production was about 30,000 long tons, from deposits associated with limestone . </P>

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