Rockhounding New Mexico
by Ruta Vaskys and Martin Freed
Rockhounding New Mexico
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| Acknowledgments |
xii
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| Introduction |
1
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| How to Use This Book |
2
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| Hazards and Precautions |
2
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| Where You Are Allowed to Collect |
8
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| Rockhounding Ethics |
9
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| NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO | |
| 1. Bisti Badlands |
13
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| 2. Split Lip Flats |
15
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| 3. Nageezi |
17
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| 4. Cuba Petrified Wood |
19
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| 5. Cuba Minerals |
20
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| 6. Gallina Agate |
21
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| 7. Gallina Alabaster |
22
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| 8. Coyote |
23
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| 9. Pedernal Peak |
24
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| 10. Abiquiu Dam |
26
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| 11. Jemez Springs |
28
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| 12. Soda Dam |
29
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| 13. Jemez Canyon |
30
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| 14. Jemez Plateau Alabaster |
31
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| 15. Jemez Plateau Obsidian and Moonstone |
32
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| 16. U.S. Highway 84 Road Cut (Mile 5.9) |
34
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| 17. La Madera Calcite |
35
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| 18. La Madera Zeolites |
37
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| 19. La Madera Pegmatite |
38
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| 20. Highway 519 Agate |
39
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| 21. Petaca Pegmatite Mines |
40
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| 22. Tres Piedras |
42
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| 23. Crownpoint |
44
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| 24. Thoreau |
45
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| 25. Grants Ridge |
46
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| 26. El Malpais National Monument |
47
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| 27. Rio Puerco Zeolites and Calcite Crystals |
48
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| 28. Rio Puerco Agate and Jasper |
49
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| 29. Albuquerque, 98th Street |
51
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| 30. Los Lunas |
52
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| NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO | |
| 31. Questa |
57
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| 32. Red River |
58
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| 33. Highway 38 Lepidolite |
60
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| 34. U.S. Highway 64 Rhyolite |
61
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| 35. Raton |
62
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| 36. Capulin Volcano National Monument |
63
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| 37. Clayton Lake State Park |
64
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| 38. Harding Pegmatite Mine |
65
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| 39. Picuris Mountains |
67
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| 40. Pecos |
69
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| 41. Terrero (Pecos) Mine |
71
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| 42. Rociada |
72
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| 43. Mora |
75
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| 44. Storrie Lake |
76
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| 45. Sandia Crest |
77
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| 46. Madrid |
79
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| 47. Los Cerrillos Fossils |
82
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| 48. Los Cerrillos Turquoise |
83
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| 49. Galisteo |
84
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| 50. Laguna de Perro |
85
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| 51. Sumner Lake |
87
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| 52. Santa Rosa |
88
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| SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO | |
| 53. Red Cloud Mines |
91
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| 54. Highway 42 Crystals |
94
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| 55. Ancho Gulch |
95
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| 56. Valley of Fires State Recreation Area |
97
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| 57. Lincoln County |
98
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| 58. Picacho |
99
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| 59. Roswell Pecos Diamonds |
100
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| 60. Roswell Selenite |
103
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| 61. Dexter |
104
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| 62. Rio Felix |
105
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| 63. East of Hagerman |
106
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| 64. West of Hope |
107
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| 65. U.S. Highway 82 Road Cut Fossils |
108
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| 66. Artesia |
109
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| 67. Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
111
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| 68. Eddy County |
112
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| SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO | |
| 69. Red Hill |
115
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| 70. U.S. Highway 60 Wood |
118
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| 71. Zuni Salt Lake Fossils |
119
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| 72. Zuni Salt Lake Halite |
120
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| 73. Zuni Salt Lake Quartzite and Jasper |
122
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| 74. Cimarron Mesa |
123
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| 75. Silver Hill |
124
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| 76. Bear Mountains |
127
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| 77. Riley |
128
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| 78. Contreras |
130
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| 79. San Lorenzo Arroyo |
131
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| 80. Lemitar Mine |
133
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| 81. Socorro |
135
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| 82. Socorro Peak Mining District |
137
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| 83. Luis Lopez Manganese District |
138
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| 84. Chupadera Mountains |
140
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| 85. Chavez Canyon |
141
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| 86. Magdalena Nitt and North Graphic Mines |
144
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| 87. Kelly Mine |
145
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| 88. Highway 52 Agate |
146
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| 89. San Francisco River Agate |
147
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| 90. North of Luna |
148
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| 91. Largo Canyon |
149
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| 92. Lee Russell Canyon |
151
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| 93. Highway 32 Material |
152
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| 94. Sand Canyon |
153
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| 95. Leggett Peak |
154
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| 96. Frisco |
156
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| 97. 22 Mile Wash |
158
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| 98. Pueblo Campground |
159
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| 99. Mogollon Road |
160
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| 100. Mogollon |
162
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| 101. Highway 78 Agate |
163
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| 102. State Line Zeolites |
164
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| 103. State Line Chalcedony |
166
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| 104. Mule Creek |
167
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| 105. Little Bear Canyon |
168
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| 106. Gila River |
171
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| 107. Copperas Peak |
173
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| 108. Meerschaum Mining Area |
175
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| 109. Bear Mountain Fossils |
176
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| 110. Hanover-Fierro Mining Area |
179
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| 111. Rabb Canyon |
180
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| 112. Kingston |
182
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| 113. Chloride Mine |
183
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| 114. Truth or Consequences |
186
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| 115. Jornada Lakes |
188
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| 116. Engle |
189
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| 117. Point of Rocks |
190
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| 118. Rincon Barite Quarry |
192
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| 119. Rincon Jasper and Agate |
193
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| 120. Rincon Fossils |
194
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| 121. Border Chalcedony |
195
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| 122. Round Mountain |
197
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| 123. Fuller Road Chalcedony |
198
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| 124. Pine Canyon |
199
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| 125. Highway 90 Dendrites |
201
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| 126. Gold Hill |
203
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| 127. Shakespeare |
205
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| 128. Cookes Peak |
207
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| 129. Deming Picture Rock and Fluorite |
210
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| 130. Fluorite Ridge |
211
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| 131. Paradise |
212
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| 132. San Simon Mine |
214
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| 133. Animas |
215
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| 134. Hachita |
217
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| 135. Old Hachita Mine |
220
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| 136. Apache Mining District - Apache Mine #2 |
221
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| 137. Victorio Mining District |
223
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| 138. Deming Mines |
224
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| 139. Rockhound State Park |
226
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| 140. Kilbourne Hole |
227
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| Appendix A: Glossary |
230
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| Appendix B: Land Managers and Government Offices |
234
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| Appendix C: Special Attractions |
240
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| Appendix D: New Mexico Gem and Mineral Societies |
245
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| Appendix E: Additional Sites |
246
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| Index |
249
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| About the Authors |
259
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