Thus rockhounders may want to stay on the public lands of this mountain.
Ruby mountain colorado rockhounding.
Spessartine garnet on rhyolite matrix ruby mountain colorado collected on 9 oct 2008.
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 08.
Rockhounding colorado and a map of new mexico.
A guide to the state s best rockhounding sites rockhounding series gem trails of colorado.
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.
Wind was blowing pretty good so not much talking.
A collection of rockhounding and arrowhead indian artifact field reports from across the nation.
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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.
The western slope private property.
Climb ruby mountain from the northeast side i located ruby mountain itself a large isolated peak at the far end of the park.
Ruby mountain adventure.
The ruby mountain site includes blm and private land.
Great stays great views and in interesting tale of how ruby.
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Spessartine garnets on rhyolite matrix ruby mountain colorado.
Here are some good books.
I think that i began on the southeast side.
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.
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Until 1992 the site was an open collecting area when local land owners began charging a small fee to collect here.
A view from near the top looking northwest.
But a fantastic time hiking with my son and collecting apache tears in perlite during an august 2015 trip to colorado.
I was out by 10am.