Month: February 2020

Twin Creek Mine, Mt. Ida, Arkansas

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Jim Glen and I attended the Central U. S. Micro Mineral Symposium in September 2019. Once there we decided to spend some extra time collecting and based on some advice we received from Mike Howard, opted to go to the Twin Creek Mine. So Sunday morning we woke up early and headed out for the …

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La Manche Lead Mine

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As part of our East Coast Adventure in 2019 we spent a week collecting minerals in Newfoundland. The first site we visited was the La Manche Lead Mine https://www.mindat.org/loc-155699.html . The prize we sought? Amethyst! Collecting with fellow members of the Walker Mineralogical Club, we had arranged for the claim owner to use an excavator …

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