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Almandine Discovery |
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Lookout Mine (Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules; Hercules group), Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Looking northwest at the modern Lookout lode claim gemstone discovery pocket, found while prospecting along the southernmost pegmatite dike exposed behind the Hercules dike, and located approximately 100 feet south of the old Lookout trench dating from the early 1900's. Nearly a kilogram of fine deep red almandine crystals suitable for faceting ... |
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Discovery Monument |
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Lookout Mine (Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules; Hercules group), Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Looking E/SE at the Lookout lode claim discovery monument, adjacent to the southernmost pegmatite dike exposed behind the Hercules dike, and located approximately 100 feet south of the old Lookout trench dating from the early 1900's. June 2004. |
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Old Screen |
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Lookout Mine (Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules; Hercules group), Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA
An antique quarter inch steel mesh screen with wood sides and iron handle; used to sort almandine and spessartine crystals from pegmatite pocket clay contents. Located south and adjacent to the original Lookout trench, circa early 1900's. March 2001. |
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Old Trench |
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Lookout Mine (Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules; Hercules group), Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Looking north and downward at the original Lookout trench, circa early 1900's. The dimensions measure approximately 20 feet long, 5 feet deep, and nearly 4 feet across; although sloughing and vegetative overgrowth have partially reclaimed the cut. The trench follows a general northwestward strike of a 3 foot thick (max) pegmatite dike exposed ... |
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