A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States

1 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 2014 Fourth Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ii Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 first printing December, 1996 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States iii Table of Contents Page Preface .. xi Mineral locations by State Alabama .. 1 Alaska .. 13 Arizona .. 22 Arkansas .. 49 California .. 59 Colorado .. 94 Connecticut .. 132 Delaware .. 138 Florida .. 140 Georgia .. 145 Hawaii .. 160 Idaho .. 162 174 Indiana .. 181 Iowa.

2 187 Kansas .. 193 Kentucky .. 200 Louisiana .. 207 Maine .. 210 Maryland .. 230 Massachusetts .. 238 Michigan .. 242 Minnesota .. 249 Mississippi .. 255 Missouri .. 258 Montana .. 275 Nebraska .. 283 Nevada .. 288 New Hampshire .. 307 New Jersey .. 315 New Mexico .. 329 New York .. 346 North Carolina .. 356 North Dakota .. 389 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States iv Page Ohio .. 393 Oklahoma .. 398 Oregon .. 402 Pennsylvania .. 412 Rhode Island .. 427 South Carolina .. 430 South Dakota .. 437 Tennessee .. 444 Texas .. 452 Utah .. 466 Vermont .. 499 Virginia .. 506 Washington .. 525 West Virginia.

3 533 Wisconsin .. 539 Wyoming .. 548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map .. 2 Alabama Stream Map .. 4 Alaska County and Stream Map .. 14 Arizona Apache Co. Mining Districts .. 22 Arizona County Map .. 23 Arizona Cochise Co. Mining Districts .. 24 Arizona Northern half of Coconino Co. Mining Districts .. 25 Arizona Stream Map .. 26 Arizona Gila Co. Mining Districts .. 27 Arizona Graham Co. Mining Districts .. 29 Arizona Greenlee Co. Mining Districts .. 30 Arizona Greenlee Co. Site Map .. 31 Arizona Maricopa Co. Mining Districts .. 32 Arizona Maricopa Co. Saddle Mt. Site Map .. 33 Arizona Maricopa Co.

4 Morristown area Site Map .. 33 Arizona Mohave Co. Mining Districts .. 34 Arizona Mohave Co. Oatman area Site Map .. 36 Arizona Navajo Co. Mining Districts .. 37 Arizona Pima Co. Mining Districts .. 38 Arizona Pinal Co. Mining Districts .. 40 Arizona Santa Cruz Co. Mining Districts .. 41 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States v Arizona Yavapia Co. Mining Districts .. 42 Arizona Yavapia Co. Ash Fork area Site Map .. 42 Arizona Yavapia Co. Burro Creek area Site Map .. 43 Arizona Yuma Co. Mining Districts .. 45 Arizona Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map .. 46 Arizona Yuma Co., Yuma Test Station area Site Map .. 48 Arkansas Carroll Co.

5 Busch area Site Map .. 49 Arkansas County Map .. 50 Arkansas Garland Co. Coleman Crystal mine Site Map .. 51 Arkansas Garland Co. Avant area Site Map .. 51 Arkansas Hot Springs Co. Magnet Cove Site Map .. 52 Arkansas Howard Co. Dierks area Site Map .. 53 Arkansas Independence Co. Cushman area Site Map .. 53 Arkansas Marion Co. Site Map .. 54 Arkansas Montgomery Co. Site Map .. 54 Arkansas Pike Co. Site Map .. 55 Arkansas Stream Map .. 56 Arkansas Saline Co. Resource Map .. 57 Arkansas Seiver Co. Area Site Map .. 58 California County Map .. 60 California Stream Map .. 62 California Coalinga Area Site Map .. 64 California Humboldt County Area Site Map.

6 66 California Indio Area Site Map .. 78 California Amboy Area Site Map .. 79 California Baker Area Site Map .. 80 California Barstow Area Site Map .. 81 California Physical Map .. 84 California San Diego County Area Site Map .. 85 Colorado County Map .. 94 Colorado Stream Map .. 95 Colorado Boulder Area Site Map .. 96 Colorado Buena Vista Area Site Map .. 97 Colorado Ruby Mt. AreaMap .. 98 Colorado Mt. Antero Area Map .. 99 Colorado Salida Area Site Map .. 100 Colorado Idaho Area Site Map .. 101 Colorado Manassa Area Site Map .. 102 Colorado Silver Cliffs Area Site map .. 102 Colorado Rico Area Site Map .. 103 Colorado Gilman Area Site Map.

7 104 Colorado Colorado Springs Area Site Map .. 105 Colorado Canon City Area Site Map .. 107 Colorado Central City Area Site Map .. 108 Colorado Granby Area Site Map .. 109 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States vi Colorado Taylor Park Area Site Map .. 110 Colorado Gunison Area Site Map .. 111 Colorado Parlin Area Site Map .. 112 Colorado Lake City Area Site Map .. 113 Colorado Northgate Area Site Map .. 114 Colorado Decker Area Site Map .. 114 Colorado Golden Area Site Map .. 115 Colorado Leadville Area Site Map .. 116 Colorado Durango Area Site Map .. 117 Colorado Fort Collins Area Site Map .. 118 Colorado Grand Junction Area Site Map.

8 119 Colorado Gateway Area Site Map for Uravan Mineral Belt .. 120 Colorado Wagon Wheel Gap Area Site Map .. 121 Colorado Montrose County Area Site Map .. 122 Colorado Ouray Area Site Map .. 123 Colorado Alma Area Site Map .. 124 Colorado Hartsel Area Site Map .. 125 Colorado Villa Grove Area Site Map .. 127 Colorado Silverton Area Site Map .. 127 Colorado Telluride Area Site Map .. 128 Colorado Breckenridge Area Site Map .. 129 Colorado Cripple Creek Area Site Map .. 130 Colorado Teller Co Area Site Map .. 130 Connecticut County Map .. 132 Connecticut Branchville Area Site Map .. 133 Connecticut Stream Map .. 134 Connecticut Middletown Area Site Map.

9 135 Connecticut East Hampton Area Site Map .. 136 Delaware County & Streams Maps .. 138 Delaware Cape Henlopen Area Site Map .. 139 Florida County Map .. 140 Florida Stream Map .. 142 Georgia County Map .. 145 Georgia Stream Map .. 147 Georgia Clyattville Area Site Map .. 154 Hawaii County Map .. 160 Hawaii Physical Map .. 161 Idaho County Map .. 163 Idaho Stream Map .. 165 Idaho Challas Area Site Map .. 167 Idaho Lewiston Area Site Map .. 170 Idaho Homedale Area Site Map .. 171 Illinois County Map .. 174 Illinois Stream Map .. 175 Illinois Hamilton Quarry Location Map .. 177 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States vii Illinois East Branch Crystal Glen Creek Map.

10 177 Illinois Niota Dewdrop Diamond Geode Location Map .. 178 Illinois Dallas City Geode Location Map .. 178 Illinois Warsaw Area Location Map .. 178 Illinois East Branch Spillman Creek, Pontoosuc Area Map .. 178 Illinois South Perry Geodes Location Map .. 180 Indiana County Map .. 181 Indiana Stream Map .. 183 Iowa County Map .. 187 Iowa Stream Map .. 188 Iowa Lowell Area Geode Map .. 190 Iowa Vernon Area Geode Map .. 192 Kansas County Map .. 193 Kansas Stream Map .. 194 Kentucky County Map .. 200 Kentucky Crittenden County Area Map .. 202 Kentucky Stream Map .. 203 Louisiana Parish Map .. 207 Louisiana Stream Map .. 208 Maine County Map .. 210 Maine Stream Map.