Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines, Mount Ida AR

Where: Southeast · North America · approx. 34.54, -93.66 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: A large family fee operation in the Ouachita quartz belt near Mount Ida, offering tailings hunts and a dig in the working pit.

What turns up: clear and milky quartz points and clusters, plus dogtooth calcite and green wavellite on some digs

Access: Permission required.

Fee dig, keep what you find. Digs are priced separately (guided pit dig vs. crystal forest), seasonal hours. Book ahead at wegnercrystalmines.com.

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.