Arkansas Novaculite Belt
novaculite/whetstone geology
Core atlasARKANSAS CITY ROCKHOUNDING HUB
Mount Ida is the core quartz-crystal hub, surrounded by fee digs, Forest Service sites and the Montgomery County quartz belt.
LOCAL INTERACTIVE MAP
Explore nearby Arkansas records without leaving this hub. Status, coordinate precision and access evidence determine whether a pin is a realistic field destination.

Reference photograph used for rock and mineral identification. It is not from this exact location or a guarantee that collecting is permitted.
This hub uses Mount Ida as a geographic base, while the material mix is calculated from the records actually mapped around it.
Records are ordered by evidence status first, then distance. Open the detailed guide before treating any pin as a trip destination.
novaculite/whetstone geology
Core atlasMineral resource occurrence
USGS ResearchCobalt
USGS ResearchBarite
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury, Antimony
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury, Antimony
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS Researchquartz crystals and industrial silica
Core atlasMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury, Antimony
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury, Antimony
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury, Antimony
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury, Antimony
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury, Antimony
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS ResearchMercury
USGS Research