Show ant aids aid geologists Geo logut the study of ant hills in the little florida mountains in new mexico led a party of geologists to a vein tiie the minerals though occasionally located at the surface are generally deeply buried an examination of the ant hills disclosed bits of minerals that had been brought up to the surface of the earth by the busy little workers in a region of igneous rocks in idaho a recent field investigation showed the presence of quartz crystals in the ant hills in this case the find aided in the identification and mapping of certain mineral deposits |