Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

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At the Collecting Site
	Lion Springs area, Elephant Mountain, Wikieup area, Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA This is as far as my photos will take you! From here all one must do is scramble up into those cliffs and start looking for Garnets. My buddy and I did bring large sledgehammers, as the rhyolite is very hard to crack, and they were useful for trimming and removing crystals from rock. However, my best two pieces were found exposed in situ without ...
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Closer to the Collecting Area
	Lion Springs area, Elephant Mountain, Wikieup area, Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA Approaching the collecting area, which is just over the lighter-colored ridge in the forefront to the darker cliffs in the back. The Sonoran Desert is my absolute favorite region in the world and the terrain out here is rough, but absolutely gorgeous! Time out here tends to be well spent, Garnets or not. But of course, finding sharp Garnet ...
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Far-off View of Collecting Area
	Lion Springs area, Elephant Mountain, Wikieup area, Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA A view of the Aquarius Mountains where the Garnets from this locality are found. This picture was taken from the dirt road to the site; at least 5 miles of rocky road are ahead. The collecting area is somewhere in the darker colored cliffs half-way up the mountain, and about 1/4 of the picture from the left; approximately in between the first and ...
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Gold Road Mine, 1906
	Gold Road Mine (Gold Road Annex; Gold Road claim; Line Road claim; Billy Bryan claim; Railroad claim), Gold Road vein, Oatman, San Francisco District, Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA Gold Road mine, looking south, in 1906. Silicified lode croppings on both sides. (Plate 11-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 397. 1909.) Photo courtesy of USGS.
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Golden Star Mine, 1906
	Golden Star Mine (Lone Star Mine), Mineral Park District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA Golden Star mine and fault block, looking south, in 1906. (Plate 12-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 397. 1909.) Photo courtesy of USGS.
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Moss Mine 1921
	Moss Mine, Moss vein, Oatman, San Francisco District, Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA Plate 9-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 743. 1923. Photo courtesy of USGS.
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Tom Reed Mine
	Tom Reed Mine (Blue Ridge Mine; Ben Harrison Mine; Big Jim Aztec Mine; Blue Ridge Gold Mines; Red Cloud Mine), Tom Reed vein, Oatman, Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA Early 20th century postcard view.
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Tom Reed Mine, 1906
	Tom Reed Mine (Blue Ridge Mine; Ben Harrison Mine; Big Jim Aztec Mine; Blue Ridge Gold Mines; Red Cloud Mine), Tom Reed vein, Oatman, Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA Tom Reed (formerly Blue Ridge) mine and mill, looking northeast, in 1906. (Plate 13-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 397. 1909.) Photo courtesy of USGS.
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