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Field CollectingBroken Bow Oklahoma Quartz hunting

13th Nov 2014 16:05 UTCDonn Cuson

Does anyone have any information about quartz collecting around Broken Bow Oklahoma? Dig locations, fee dig sites etc. Thanks

13th Nov 2014 20:08 UTCKelly Nash 🌟 Expert

It's been several years since I was around there, so perhaps someone else will have some more current information, or can correct any mistaken impressions I have:

I think the quartz localities around Broken Bow are all, or virtually all, on the Ouachita National Forest. I don't think there are any fee sites up there, certainly not on the Forest Service land. They do allow crystal collecting, under rules that do not really allow any digging, without a federal permit. I understand those permits are nearly impossible to obtain. .For quartz crystals, the couple times I went out, there were some areas that were laced with veins exposed on the surface , and it was not difficult to collect decent (but generally small) crystals literally lying on the ground.

The Forest Service rules are here:

Forest Service Rockhounding Rules Oauchita Mtns.

At one time, the best way to collect in the area was to contact Cephis Hall at the North Slope Rock shop, about 10 miles north of Broken Bow. The forest service land around Broken Bow is a maze of logging roads, so it was generally best to get a guide like Cephis. Unfortunately he passed away last December. There might be someone at the McCurtain Gem and Mineral Club, in Idabel, who can give you some current information (Cephis was president or vice president of the club for several years).

I hope that others with current knowledge will chime in, and that if you learn something definitive you will post an update here.

15th Nov 2014 09:28 UTCRock Currier Expert

Contact Dr. David London of the University of Oklahoma. He knows more about collecting quartz (Arkansas type) in Oklahoma of anyone I know.

28th Jul 2016 02:39 UTCearnst grobengeezer

Sorry to hear Cephis passed. He gave me the best advice I believe I've received. Just that your family is what matters on this earth; and friends.. The rest doesn't much. He did find a magnificent dinosaur fossil when he was out hunting crystal.

17th Oct 2016 21:02 UTCDeek Brazo

I was up there not too long ago and spoke with Cephis' wife Joyce Ann, she warned about going on all the logging roads alone stating that you could get either locked in or lost as some of the roads go for hundreds of miles. She told me about how Cephis was digging crystals and found a complete dinosaur that had never been found before. She still operates the rock shop in Hochatown. I am also interested in places to find quartz crystals in that area, i'm there often and love it there, if anyone has any info on places to look that would be awesome.

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