Rock Hunting Sites in Arkansas
No. | Site | Location | Notable Minerals and Features |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Magnet Cove | Near Hot Springs | Actinolite, labradorite, albite, barite, garnets, smoky quartz, opal |
2 | Mount Ida | – | Famous for quartz crystal; Wegner Quartz Mine |
3 | Murfreesboro | – | Crater of Diamonds State Park; diamonds, quartz crystal, garnets, cinnabar |
4 | Marion County | – | Quartz, agate, sphalerite, ‘turkey fat’ Smithsonite |
5 | Hot Springs, AR | – | Quartz crystals, wavellite, pyrite, fluorite, uranium ore |
6 | Saline County | – | Bauxite, quartz, calcite, chert, and other minerals |
Fee-to-Dig Sites in Arkansas
- Crater of Diamonds State Park, Murfreesboro
- Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines, Mount Ida