Ruby Mountain Colorado Rockhounding

A collection of rockhounding and arrowhead indian artifact field reports from across the nation.

Ruby mountain colorado rockhounding.

Since then there have been reports that the current owner s forbids collecting. Again i pocketed some collecting bottles and slipped a small deformed crow bar through my belt loop. Until 1992 the site was an open collecting area when local land owners began charging a small fee to collect here. If you re prospecting on devil s head mountain douglas county in august you ll join millions of ladybugs for their annual gathering on the summit.

Climb ruby mountain from the northeast side i located ruby mountain itself a large isolated peak at the far end of the park. Great stays great views and in interesting tale of how ruby. Spessartine garnets on rhyolite matrix ruby mountain colorado. Other great rockhounding resources.

A guide to the state s best rockhounding sites rockhounding series gem trails of colorado. Here are some good books. Hunting for some topaz and smoky q s in the tarryall. Wind was blowing pretty good so not much talking.

I was out by 10am. Search ruby mountain nathrop colorado. Review of colorado s ruby mountain campground located in the arkansas river headwaters recreation area and it is a real beauty. Spessartine garnet on rhyolite matrix ruby mountain colorado collected on 9 oct 2008.

Ruby mountain adventure. It is easy to see that this state is host to a staggering and diverse array of gems minerals and fossils that make it such a fantastic destination for rock enthusiasts and commercial mining operations. But a fantastic time hiking with my son and collecting apache tears in perlite during an august 2015 trip to colorado. Rockhounding colorado and a map of new mexico.

The western slope private property. Thus rockhounders may want to stay on the public lands of this mountain. I think that i began on the southeast side. I was sorry to disappoint the reader but the colorado rubies at ruby mountain are actually a variety of aluminum garnet called spessartine mn 3 al 2 sio 4 3 these stones occur in a tertiary rhyolite exposed as a series of intrusive dikes at ruby mountain and adjacent sugarloaf mountain and dorothy hill.

Large number of pages viewed. A view from near the top looking northwest.