Wegner Quartz Crystals

Producer in Montgomery county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Quartz
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10138253
MAS/MILS ID 0050970074
Record type Site
Current site name Wegner Quartz Crystals
Alternate or previous names Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines, South Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -93.6774, 34.45932 (WGS84)
Elevation 214
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arkadelphia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Ouachita(hydrologic unit)

Upper Ouachita(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Red-Ouachita(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ouachita National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Montgomery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 003 S 025 W 28 NW Arkansas

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH MINE - N343003 W933800, MINE LOCATED WITHIN 40 ACRES (2545 M) OF LAT/LONG. TWN 3S, RNG 25W, SECT 12, 1/4 SECT NW.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -93.6774, 34.45932

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1986
Year of first production 1986

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines
    ID 301530
    Home office Arkansas
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Richard Wegner
    Interest 100
    Home office Arkansas
    Year 1995
    First year 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    3 MI SO OF MT IDA ON HWY 27 TURN L AT SIGN 2 MI TO MINE

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPCTN SHEET 1982

  • Deposit

    *JOHN C. NICHOLS, FOREST MINERALS GEOLOGIST, HOT SPRINGS,

  • Deposit

    AR, 71902, 1-501-321-5285.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-SEP-1995 Long U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusIntermittent since 10/15/2025
MSHA mine ID0301530
Mine name (MSHA)PHANTOM
Current operatorWegner Enterprises Inc
Current controller (parent)Richard J Wegner
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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