[Rockhounds] Garnet hill rockhound area (NV)

[Andrew Turner]

Our group (Mineral Collectors of Utah) has led a couple of trips out there over the years.  You need to know where to go as some places have a decent amount of garnets and some have virtually none.  Also, be prepared to work very, very, hard.  The rock, a very dense rhylolite tuff, is extremely hard and typically requires a large sludge and often large breaker bar to break up and get the garnets.  You can take a large rock with potential and cut it up later, but that gets pretty heavy with no guarantee.  Overall, you can get several dozen to about 1/2-3/4 inches in size (a few larger potentially) on matrix.  After doing it once and getting a fair amount, it is not on my necessary list anymore.


Andrew Turner

Salt Lake City, UT




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Tim
I have been there a few times. Some nice collecting if you know where to go.  If you do get to go let me know and I will give the GPS and directions to the best area.

Cliff Jackson
Las Vegas, NV

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Cool! Been on the bucket list of places I will probably never get to! St. Maries ID also has great garnet collecting, been there and need to go back.

Tim Fisher
Orerockon.com

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Subject: [Rockhounds] Garnet hill rockhound area (NV)

<http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/garnet-hill>

Article on the area

BK

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J Bryan Krämer       North Florida, USA
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