Unnamed Location (Smoky Quartz & Calcite): Smoky Quartz & Calcite Rockhounding in Saline County, Arkansas
- Minerals reported
- 5
- Elevation
- 800 ft
- Best months
- Year-round
Unnamed Location (Smoky Quartz & Calcite) is a mapped rockhounding spot in Saline County, Arkansas. Reported finds include smoky quartz, calcite, chert, chlorite, feldspar. Below: coordinates, access notes, nearby spots, and trip-planning links.
Plan your visit
Generally open to casual rockhounding
- County
- Saline County
- State
- Arkansas
- Nearest road
- Weyenhauser Road
- Postcode
- 72122
- Coordinates
- 34.76651, -92.78284
Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground in the RockHoundR app, where land overlays show which agency manages the area.
Land & collecting status
Generally open to casual rockhounding
Most public-tagged spots sit on BLM, U.S. Forest Service, or other federal land where reasonable hand collecting of common rocks and minerals is allowed. Confirm posted rules and active mining claims before you dig.
Public-land rules vary by agency, season, and field office. The RockHoundR app pulls live BLM, USFS, NPS, and tribal overlays so you can see exactly which agency manages the ground at this spot.
Best time to visit Unnamed Location (Smoky Quartz & Calcite)
Comfortable months (45 to 90°F highs)
Conditions here are workable year-round, with typical highs from 49°F in winter to 89°F in summer.
Climate normals: NOAA 1991-2020 monthlies, ALUM FK station (4 mi away).
Geology at Unnamed Location (Smoky Quartz & Calcite)
This spot sits on Pole Creek Shale (Upper Ordovician) and Bigfork Chert (Upper and Middle Ordovician), mapped as chert and shale that formed roughly 470 to 445 million years ago. Tough silica like agate, jasper, and chert typically weathers out of beds like these and collects as float in drainages and on deflation surfaces.
- Mapped unit
- Pole Creek Shale (Upper Ordovician) and Bigfork Chert (Upper and Middle Ordovician)
- Age
- 470–445 Ma (Middle Ordovician to Late Ordovician)
- Rock types
- chert and shale
- Elevation
- 800 ft
Geologic mapping via Macrostrat and the underlying state geological survey maps (CC BY 4.0). Bedrock at the surface can vary within a mapped unit.
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Spot details combine the public RockHoundR location dataset, normalized mineral labels, agency land-status checks in the app, and community submissions. Coordinates are approximate until verified in the field.
State guidance last verified:
- Ouachita National Forest, Mineral Collecting
- Crater of Diamonds State Park, Rules and finds
- Arkansas Geological Survey
- Community submissions reviewed against published agency rules
Found at Unnamed Location (Smoky Quartz & Calcite)
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Nearby rockhounding spots
Other rockhounding spots within driving distance of Unnamed Location (Smoky Quartz & Calcite).
- Willie Rickard Rock FarmSaline County, Arkansas · 1 mi awayQuartz
- Unnamed Location (Serpentine)Saline County, Arkansas · 9 mi awaySerpentine
- Coleman's Crystal MineGarland County, Arkansas · 18 mi awayQuartz
- Ron Coleman MiningGarland County, Arkansas · 19 mi awayQuartz, Amethyst, Smoky Quartz
- Cove CreekHot Spring County, Arkansas · 20 mi awayPyrite
- Unnamed Location (Magnet Cove area)Hot Spring County, Arkansas · 22 mi awaySphene, Nepheline Syenite
- Unnamed Location Near CemeteryHot Spring County, Arkansas · 22 mi awaySmoky Quartz, Brookite
- Bauxite QuarriesSaline County, Arkansas · 22 mi awayBauxite, Heliotrope Bauxite
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