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Avant Mining Fisher Mountain
Avant Mining Fisher Mountain is an outdoor activity in Mount Ida, AR, part of the Diamond Lakes guide. Cost: $25 to $50.
11 Logan Gap Road · Mount Ida, AR
Why you should go…
Avant Mining Fisher Mountain is a public quartz crystal dig at 11 Logan Gap Road near Mount Ida, Arkansas, working the Ocus Stanley Claim that has been dug since 1946. Visitors buy a permit, dig their own crystals and keep everything they find, using rented or personal tools. The site also has a free museum of minerals and artifacts and offers private pocket digs. Fisher Mountain is known among collectors for producing Japan-law twin quartz.
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