Ruby Mountain Colorado Rockhounding

But a fantastic time hiking with my son and collecting apache tears in perlite during an august 2015 trip to colorado.

Ruby mountain colorado rockhounding.

Spessartine garnet on rhyolite matrix ruby mountain colorado collected on 9 oct 08. 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. Spessartine garnets on rhyolite matrix ruby mountain colorado. Great stays great views and in interesting tale of how ruby.

Climb ruby mountain from the northeast side i located ruby mountain itself a large isolated peak at the far end of the park. 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. A view from near the top looking northwest. Spessartine garnet on rhyolite matrix ruby mountain colorado collected on 9 oct 2008.

A collection of rockhounding and arrowhead indian artifact field reports from across the nation. Wind was blowing pretty good so not much talking. For the adventurous rock hounder the mountains and plains of colorado are still a place ripe with the smell of discovery. Ruby mountain adventure.

A guide to the state s best rockhounding sites rockhounding series gem trails of colorado. Again i pocketed some collecting bottles and slipped a small deformed crow bar through my belt loop. The ruby mountain site includes blm and private land. Here are some good books.

The western slope private property. 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. Search ruby mountain nathrop colorado.

Hunting for some topaz and smoky q s in the tarryall. Since then there have been reports that the current owner s forbids collecting. Other great rockhounding resources. Review of colorado s ruby mountain campground located in the arkansas river headwaters recreation area and it is a real beauty.

Until 1992 the site was an open collecting area when local land owners began charging a small fee to collect here. Rockhounding colorado and a map of new mexico.