Just off Route 165 just south of the town of Georgetown is an abandoned quarry that has filled up with water over time. To passers by the body of water could easily be mistaken for a natural lake but the color of the water in the sunlight shines in hues from subtle grey to deep blue-green due to the high mineral content left over from the mining operations that took place here years ago. I would like to be able to tell you more about the history of this location but I couldn't find anything about it online.
The color of the water along with the soft sandy beach that surrounds it looks very out of place for this area of north central Louisiana. In fact some the area looks very unearthly due to the colors of the water and surrounding alkaline soil.
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Locals have informed me via Facebook that this pit was dug by the construction crew working on the adjacent highway to extract rock and sand. Apparently one day while digging they hit an underground stream which filled up the quarry producing the lake seen today. It was also noted that the stream provided locals with a clean source of drinking water before the incident.
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This was a dig sight to raid the level of the northbound lane on 165 crossing Little River at the Grant/LaSalle line. The digging crews hit the spring that covers the entire area. In fact it ran the old Red Hill well dry for at least a year which had been running for over 80years serving the locals who would often stop to collect drinking water. After a year the dig sight filled up and the spring began to flow again. Since then a new owner purchased the old Red Hill spring sight and has gated that road. I hope this helps.
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