Rockhounding Nevada
by William A. Kappele
Rockhounding Nevada
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| Acknowledgments |
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| About This Book |
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| Introduction - Welcome to Nevada |
1
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| Finding Your Way |
2
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| Have a Safe Trip |
4
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| Rockhound Etiquette |
11
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| Fluorescence and the Rockhound |
13
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| Sights Along the Way |
16
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| Sixteen Trips for the Intrepid Explorer |
30
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| Map Legend |
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| THE SITES | |
| 1. Cold Springs Valley Road: Chrysocolla, Malachite |
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| 2. Gas Line Road: Agate |
40
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| 3. Chalcedony Hill: Chalcedony |
42
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| 4. Lahontan Reservoir: Agate |
45
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| 5. Weeks: Selenite |
48
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| 6. Old Highway: Selenite |
51
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| 7. Mason Pass Road A: Azurite |
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| 8. Mason Pass Road B: Malachite |
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| 9. Mason Pass Road C: Epidote in Granite |
60
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| 10. Eagle Picher Mine Area A: Opalized Wood, Agate, Opalite |
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| 11. Eagle Picher Mine Area B: Opalite |
65
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| 12. Eagle Picher Mine Area C: Opalite |
66
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| 13. Eagle Picher Mine Area D: Opalite |
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| 14. Coal Canyon Road A: Dendrites |
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| 15. Cordero (McDermitt) Mine: Opalite, Sulfur, Cinnabar |
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| 16. Agate Hill: Agate |
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| 17. Agate Flat: Agate, Petrified Wood |
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| 18. Surprise Hill: Wood in Matrix, Mystery Stone |
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| 19. Cottonwood Spring: Opalized Wood |
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| 20. Opal Wood Hill: Opalized Wood |
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| 21. Gopher Holes: Agatized and Opalized Wood |
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| 22. Red Tailings: Opalite |
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| 23. Picture Stone Pit: Picture Stone |
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| 24. Denio: White Quartz |
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| 25. Denio Junction: Malachite, Azurite |
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| 26. Virgin Valley Turnoff: Apache Tears, Obsidian, Chalcedony |
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| 27. Royal Peacock Mine: Precious Opal |
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| 28. Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine: Precious Opal |
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| 29. Bonanza Opal Mines: Precious Opal |
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| 30. Gooch Spring: Obsidian |
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| 31. Vya: Obsidian |
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| 32. Nellie Spring A: Opalite |
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| 33. Nellie Spring B: Opalite |
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| 34. Route 34 - Cattle Guard: Obsidian, Apache Tears |
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| 35. Route 34 - Road Cut: Chalcedony, Agate, Obsidian |
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| 36. Route 34 - Rhyolite Castle: Obsidian |
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| 37. Route 34 - Obsidian Hill: Obsidian |
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| 38. Route 34 - Lost Creek Road: Obsidian |
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| 39. Pioche: Calcite Crystals |
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| 40. Major's Place: Calcite |
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| 41. Garnet Hill: Garnets |
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| 42. Jackpot: Onyx |
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| 43. Bogwood: Opalized Wood |
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| 44. Texas Spring: Petrified Wood |
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| 45. Contact: Malachite, Chrysocolla |
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| 46. Tuscarora: Calcite Crystals |
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| 47. Ferdelford Canyon: Fossils |
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| 48. Black Shale Hill: Fossils |
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| 49. Yellow Mountain: Wonderstone |
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| 50. Wonderstone Mountain A: Wonderstone |
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| 51. Wonderstone Mountain B: Wonderstone |
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| 52. Wonderstone Mountain C: Wonderstone |
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| 53. Wonderstone Mountain D: Wonderstone |
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| 54. Wonderstone Mountain E: Wonderstone |
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| 55. Green Mountain: Wonderstone, Green Rhyolite |
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| 56. Quartz Mountain: Minerals and Petrified Wood |
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| 57. Broken Hills Mine: Quartz Crystals, Petrified Wood |
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| 58. Kaiser Mine Road: Jasper, Agate |
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| 59. Kaiser Mine: Fluorite |
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| 60. North of Gabbs A: Jasper |
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| 61. North of Gabbs B: Jasper, Petrified Wood |
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| 62. Kernick Mine: Selenite |
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| 63. Luning A: Malachite, Azurite |
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| 64. Luning B: Malachite, Azurite |
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| 65. Luning C: Malachite, Azurite |
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| 66. Coaldale: White Quartz, Selenite |
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| 67. The Sump (Upper): Wood Casts |
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| 68. The Sump (Lower): Petrified Wood |
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| 69. Fish Lake Valley: Apache Tears |
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| 70. Blair Junction: Petrified Wood |
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| 71. Badlands: Agate, Wood, Chalcedony |
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| 72. Crow Springs A: Apache Tears, Obsidian, Petrified Wood |
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| 73. Crow Springs B: Apache Tears, Perlite |
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| 74. Crow Springs C: Petrified Wood, Apache Tears |
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| 75. Gabbs Pole Line Road: Plant Fossils |
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| 76. Tonopah A: Agate |
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| 77. Tonopah B: Agate |
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| 78. Tonopah C: Agate |
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| 79. Lida Junction A: Chalcedony |
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| 80. Lida Junction B: Fluorescent Chalcedony, Opalite |
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| 81. Lida Junction C: Fluorescent Chalcedony |
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| 82. Stonewall Pass A: Petrified Wood, Chalcedony |
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| 83. Stonewall Pass B: Wood Casts, Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper |
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| 84. Scotty's Junction: Chalcedony, Apache Tears, Pumice |
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| 85. Beatty: Fluorescent Chalcedony |
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| 86. Carrara A: Blue-Gray Quartz |
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| 87. Carrara B: Phyllite, Blue-Gray Quartz |
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| 88. Carrara C: White Quartz, Marble, Blue-Gray Quartz |
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| 89. Carrara D: Marble |
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| 90. Valley of Fire A: Wonderstone |
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| 91. Valley of Fire B: Chalcedony |
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| Appendix A: Sources for Maps |
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| Appendix B: Glossary |
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| Index |
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| About the Authors |
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