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Location Type: Public Access
Details:

This is another fee pay site for digging quartz crystals in Arkansas. For more information you can go to their webpage: http://www.fiddlersridgecrystals.com/. It's also known as the Bear Mountain Mine.

Here is some additional information:

Hours are 9 A.M. - 4 P.M. daily

open seven days a week

Our fees are $20.00 per adult, & $10.00 per child age 7-12

under 7 free if accompanied by paying adult.

You pay your fee at the rock shop where you will be given a map and detailed instructions.

Reservations are not necessary but are helpful when there are groups involved.

There are designated areas for you to dig in that are safe and also have easy access.

You may furnish you own digging tools.

or Small hand tools,

and gloves are for sale at the shop

Directions:

Their site says to use mapquest to find this address:

3752 Hwy 270 E Mount Ida, AR 71957

However I put in the GPS coordinates from google earth. It marks the rock shop where you'll get info on getting to the mine.

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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): ( 34°32'1.46"N, 93°31'8.78"W)
or (34.533738, -93.519105)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is supposed to be exact.)

Follow this Link to Get Google's Directions Reference Info: http://www.fiddlersridgecrystals.com/
Tags: Fiddler's Ridge, Fiddler's Ridge Shop and Quartz Mine, quartz mine, fee pay site, pay to dig site, quartz crystals, quartz clusters, crystals, bear mountain quartz mine, bear mountain, mt. ida, arkansas, montgomery county

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HUGE Arkansas Quartz Crystal Cluster PHANTOM W/ RUTILE

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Comments (Most recent are first)

Scott (webmaster) - Jan 11, 2011 01:24:37 PM EST
Very nice find, ezra! I wasn't lucky enough to find a large one like that with little damage at the mine. Thank you for posting!

ezra0950 - Jan 8, 2011 01:06:10 PM EST
i just posted a pic of 1 of 5 clusters my stepson and i found at fiddlers ridge. you can see that most people just dig around in what they bring up, but at the top of the hill there is a smaller pit and the upper region of the larger pit can be accessed here as well. i drove my car all the way up to the pits to dig. it can be alot of work and it takes a good eye but the payoff can be real nice. i recommend this location. well worth the money to me

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