Field Guide — Conway, Arizona Arkansas

Rockhounding Near You

Free collecting sites, fee-dig crystal mines, and everything worth finding within a few hours of Conway, AR.

Overview

What's Around You

Conway sits in Faulkner County - a geological transition zone between the Ozark Plateau to the north and the Arkansas River Valley. You're positioned at the intersection of four distinct geological provinces, each producing different minerals. Arkansas is one of the most mineral-rich states in the country, and you're centrally located to reach the best of it.

Ozark Plateaus galena · smithsonite · sphalerite · fossils Arkansas River Valley sandstone · shale · carbonatite dikes Ouachita Mountains quartz crystals · novaculite · wavellite West Gulf Coastal Plain chalk · marl · gypsum · lignite Conway Magnet Cove Mt. Ida Jessieville Crater of Diamonds Little Rock

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Free Collecting

Fee-Dig Mines

First trip? Jim Coleman Crystal Mines in Jessieville is the move - closest fee-dig (~1.5 hrs), cheapest ($10-15), open every day. Hit Magnet Cove's Cove Creek on the way for free pyrite and brookite collecting. Full details in the guide.

Put together by Lithorium. If you find something incredible out there, we'd love to hear about it.