Catskill Collecting My family and I are taking a trip to Woodstock for the weekend and I was wondering about collecting localities up in the catskiils. There are some good fossils, I am interested in them but I am more curious about mineral collecting localities. http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,41497#msg-41497 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:54:46 +0000 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,266489#msg-266489 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,266489#msg-266489 Ari Rosenbach Collecting Sat, 21 Jul 2012 11:11:27 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,266418#msg-266418 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,266418#msg-266418
Not citrine, just quartz with FeOx staining along grain boundaries. Sorry. They are pretty little gems though!

Ian]]> Ian Merkel Collecting Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:14:44 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,266406#msg-266406 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,266406#msg-266406 stone Collecting Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:03:43 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,266008#msg-266008 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,266008#msg-266008 stone Collecting Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:40:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,258885#msg-258885 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,258885#msg-258885 BOB HARMAN Collecting Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:40:47 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,258876#msg-258876 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,258876#msg-258876
-Dan]]> miner dan Collecting Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:00:33 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,258875#msg-258875 Wurtzboro http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,258875#msg-258875 Mad Zach Collecting Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:47:40 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,258866#msg-258866 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,258866#msg-258866 jasonbrakerphoto@gmail.com]]> UC911 Collecting Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:58:36 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,220042#msg-220042 Re: Sun Ray Tunnel/Mine http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,220042#msg-220042
I am part of Dan's group. You'll have better luck contacting him through ABM if you have not already done so.]]> David Bernstein Collecting Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:48:35 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,220034#msg-220034 Re: Sun Ray Tunnel/Mine http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,220034#msg-220034 jetsandmets12594@gmail.com]]> Matt Clyne Collecting Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:40:06 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,200567#msg-200567 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,200567#msg-200567 I am allways looking for mines and caves to explore and don't mind doing a little digging. If you want to organize a group to get into a mine or cave I am game.
Jim]]> James Smith Collecting Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:45:01 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,175135#msg-175135 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,175135#msg-175135
Regards,

Phil








]]> Phil NP Collecting Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:18:21 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,174815#msg-174815 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,174815#msg-174815
I live in New Paltz and I did a little bit of mineral collecting last year in the Ellenville/Wurtsboro area.
In the quarry behind Berme Road Park I found some pea-sized pyrite crystals after cracking open a few rocks.
There were also some smaller quartz crystals covering the edges of some of the rocks I found on the ground.
At the upper and lower Wurtsboro mines I unearthed some interesting galena and chalcopyrite specimens from the tailing piles.

Hopefully, once the snow melts, I plan to go back again for some more collecting.

Does anyone know of some additional locations that are accessible and worth checking out?

Regards,

Phil






]]> Phil NP Collecting Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:16:26 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,169837#msg-169837 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,169837#msg-169837 Jamin Neet Collecting Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:05:43 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,169766#msg-169766 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,169766#msg-169766 Robert A Santee Collecting Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:20:10 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,169723#msg-169723 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,169723#msg-169723 I have not been on this site for many years so I am sorry for not responding to all your interest. I will not be going back out hunting for anything till spring time but this is a good time to get to know some of you if you are still interested. This is a passion of mine and I have met some really nice people who have given me clues to help me find some interesting caves. I have been in many caves from Kingston to Wortsboro. I own the hang gliding school in Ellenville,called Mountain Wings Inc and my land starts at the base of the mountain and goes up past rt52 so I get to explore the side of the mountain as well as the river beds which always seem to surprise me with some great finds. This mountain if covered in crystals. Lets get together by e-mail , gblack2@hvc.rr.com or visit my web site at: www.mtnwings.com .Greg]]> Greg Black Collecting Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:42:44 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,169720#msg-169720 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,169720#msg-169720 Greg Black Collecting Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:19:48 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,163861#msg-163861 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,163861#msg-163861 Robert A Santee Collecting Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:20:15 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,163743#msg-163743 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,163743#msg-163743
My name is Dan and I run www.abandonedmines.net

In 2008 a group of 6 of us scoured the west mountainside of the shawangunks in search of these mines. We found over 20 of them. From South to north, the mines are as follows:

Guymard Mine
Wallkill Lead Mine
Empire Mine
Washington Mine
2 mines on prison property (state and fed prisons)
Shawangunk Lead Mine (also known as St. Nicholas Zinc, Wurtsboro, and the Mamakating Mine)
Redbridge Mine
Buttermilk falls/Horseshoe Mine
Ellenville Mine
Sunray Tunnel Explorations.

We were able to enter many of these mines, some that have been entered before, some that weren't seen in over a century.

Regards,

Dan]]> Dan Lopez Collecting Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:06:21 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,160298#msg-160298 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,160298#msg-160298
you can email me if interested: Fred: fasteel7@hotmail.com]]> Fred A. Schuster Collecting Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:59:43 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,160095#msg-160095 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,160095#msg-160095 Recently relocated and could use a hand! Collecting Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:16:33 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,149769#msg-149769 Re: first album http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,149769#msg-149769 anyway i hope you dont mind me contacting you this way
stay cool
tony
you tube - tony farinha]]> TONY FARINHA Collecting Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:35:00 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,149768#msg-149768 Re: first album http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,149768#msg-149768 anyway i hope you dont mind me contacting you this way
stay cool
tony
you tube - tony farinha]]> TONY FARINHA Collecting Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:34:31 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,139763#msg-139763 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,139763#msg-139763 Montague Quartzman Collecting Fri, 29 May 2009 16:53:21 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,131525#msg-131525 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,131525#msg-131525
I used to live in Kerhonkson and I have heard tales similar to what you describe. I am friends with an historian of Ulster county who has always been intereted in the old Ellenville mines. I will let you know what he tells me.

I currently live in arizona, but I am coming home to visit Kerhonkson in June, are you interested in meeting up and showing me your finds?

Cheers.
Ian Merkel]]> Ian Merkel Collecting Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:52:53 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,131315#msg-131315 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,131315#msg-131315 Robert A Santee Collecting Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:17:01 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,131189#msg-131189 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,131189#msg-131189 Where are you dude?It is spring we need to get together for some collecting.Contact me soon
Your pal Steve C.]]> Steve Cantiello Collecting Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:25:24 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,129264#msg-129264 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,129264#msg-129264 jonm Collecting Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:47:04 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,123086#msg-123086 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,123086#msg-123086 . Has anyone else visited the site? Recently? Is it still accessible to collect from? Is it worth the trip?]]> Jeffrey D. Wilson Collecting Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:22:39 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,122945#msg-122945 Re: Catskill Collecting http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,5,41497,122945#msg-122945 stone Collecting Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:14:11 +0000