Louisiana · Caddo · Ready
Red River Treasure Mine — Shreveport Aquarium, Louisiana
Material referenceCan you collect at Red River Treasure Mine?
Yes. Collecting is supported at Red River Treasure Mine for operator-provided gemstones, fossils, shark teeth and marine specimens; take-home finds, under the current rules of the site or land manager. Follow posted limits, fees and closures on the day you go.
- Materials: operator-provided gemstones, fossils, shark teeth and marine specimens; take-home finds
- Managed by / source: Shreveport Aquarium
- County: Caddo, Louisiana
- Last checked:
LOCATION FIELD MAP
Local map for Red River Treasure Mine — Shreveport Aquarium
No exact primary coordinate is published for this record, so the map uses regional context without inventing a specimen pin.
Red River Treasure Mine — Shreveport Aquarium is a Ready rockhounding record in Caddo, Louisiana. The recorded activity or material is operator-provided gemstones, fossils, shark teeth and marine specimens; take-home finds. The recorded manager or operating context is Shreveport Aquarium. Ready means the current evidence supports the modeled activity, but visitors should still recheck current posted rules, closures, hours, fees, claims, collecting limits and site-specific notices before travel.
Can I collect at Red River Treasure Mine — Shreveport Aquarium?
Ready. Current operator page confirms a managed indoor sluice using prepared material and explicitly states treasure hunters keep their finds. Permission is limited to the attraction material.
Ready means the current evidence supports the modeled activity, but visitors should still recheck current posted rules, closures, hours, fees, claims, collecting limits and site-specific notices before travel.
Recorded destination: 601 Clyde Fant Parkway, Shreveport, LA 71101
What rocks, minerals, fossils or collecting interests are associated with it?
The record lists operator-provided gemstones, fossils, shark teeth and marine specimens; take-home finds. This description is tied to this atlas entry and should be read together with the access status below.
Who manages the place or provides the evidence context?
The recorded manager or context is Shreveport Aquarium.
What evidence supports this status?
The record was last reviewed on 2026-08-30. Evidence and management context: Shreveport Aquarium. Current named Louisiana managed collecting program passes authority/access/retention gates.
Source verification: This guide names the recorded evidence or land-manager context but does not provide a direct document-level link establishing collecting permission. Before collecting, confirm the current rule and any applicable restrictions with the named authority.
How precise is the map marker?
Navigation uses the recorded public destination or address for Red River Treasure Mine — Shreveport Aquarium. The destination is a travel reference, not a specimen-level promise or a substitute for current access rules.
Checks specific to this location
- Confirm any current permit, fee, booking or operator requirements before travelling.
- Verify the exact destination, the land manager’s latest rules and safe travel conditions before leaving.
When was this information last checked?
The recorded review date is August 30, 2026. Treat that date as the evidence snapshot used for this classification. Conditions can change after review, so field decisions should use the newest posted rules and manager information.
Is a map pin the same as collecting permission?
No. A map pin answers a navigation or geographic-context question. The status and evidence answer the permission question. Exact coordinates, public destination addresses and approximate county or regional context are deliberately kept separate so geographic precision is not confused with legal authority.
Plan the aquarium mining activity accurately
This is an operator-managed attraction using supplied material. Its value is as an accessible hands-on gemstone or fossil-themed activity, rather than a natural Louisiana mineral deposit. Confirm whether the activity is operating on your planned date, whether aquarium admission includes it, what material is provided, and which finds visitors may keep.
For naturally occurring Louisiana gravel geology, read the agate and petrified-palmwood guide. The state field map separates paid attractions from Research and Conditional entries.
LOCATION-SPECIFIC FIELD ANSWER
Red River Treasure Mine — Shreveport Aquarium rockhounding: why this is a stronger field lead
The atlas currently classifies this record as Ready. That means the modeled activity has stronger supporting evidence than a Research-only pin, but current posted rules, claims, closures and site conditions still control the trip.
What rocks or minerals are associated with Red River Treasure Mine — Shreveport Aquarium?
The record associates this place with operator-provided gemstones, fossils, shark teeth and marine specimens; take-home finds. That association is a field-research lead, not a guarantee that material can be found or legally collected at every point around the marker.
What should be checked before visiting?
The current manager or evidence context is Shreveport Aquarium. Verify that authority and the exact parcel or boundary before relying on access information. Ready means the current evidence supports the modeled activity, but visitors should still recheck current posted rules, closures, hours, fees, claims, collecting limits and site-specific notices before travel. The evidence snapshot was last checked 2026-08-30.
How should this record be used for “rockhounding near me”?
This record is eligible for the site’s Rockhounding Near Me planning layer because its status and geographic context meet the current eligibility rules.
COMMUNITY FIELD INTELLIGENCE
Public Testimony & Field Stories
Approved visitor reports add real-world context to the official and geological evidence above. Community testimony never overrides land-manager rules, ownership, claims, closures or protected-resource law.
Minerals recorded in Caddo Parish, Louisiana
USGS topographic maps show 68 historical mine, quarry and pit features in Caddo Parish, mostly borrow pits, sand pits, gravel pits. None of them link to a USGS mineral record that names a commodity, so local collecting here is mostly about the bedrock, gravels and fossils described on this page.
These are historical mining and occurrence records for the county as a whole, not for this exact site. Source: USGS MRDS and USGS topographic-map mine features, compiled November 2026.