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Field CollectingFinding Geodes in Colorado?
12th Oct 2004 15:42 UTCBob
Is Colorado a state where goedes can be found? Colorado has a few volcanic areas, but I have not been sucessful finding info regarding geodes in those areas.
I'll appreciate any insight, thx
Cheers
Bob
12th Oct 2004 22:06 UTCTom H
13th Oct 2004 13:21 UTCBob
Cheers
Bob
14th Oct 2004 18:21 UTCTom H
12th Nov 2004 20:36 UTCJR
The geodes have star shaped crevices filled with a translucent mineral, which is quite fluorescent under SW UV. They're quite solid, not very susceptable to weathering, so I have them in my flower garden.
If I recall correctly we found the site in a colorado guide book, a slender paperback edition, and I do not recall the name or author.
Maybe this is a clue that will allow you to find that site, and dig your own. We each got several of the geodes, which were VERY hard to crack, since they were mostly filled with agate.
JR in West Virginia
8th Jan 2005 17:31 UTCDon Webb
Will report what I find.
Don Webb
18th Jun 2005 05:54 UTCAdam
24th Aug 2009 00:31 UTCkaitlin
because really want to find one
are there any in the garden of the gods?
thanks
katelyn
25th Aug 2009 19:28 UTCAdam Kelly
I asked for better local information, but all I could get was "i think it was north of the pass"
Will ask the guy again when I see him, as I've been wondering also.
AK
30th Aug 2009 16:23 UTCAnonymous User
Examples:
http://www.66rover.com/rocks/wolfcreek/PICT2982.JPG
http://www.66rover.com/rocks/wolfcreek/smheulandites.JPG
Area below overlook, 37°26'58.47"N 106°53'8.73"W
Area above treasure falls, 37°27'4.04"N 106°52'56.10"W
There are other zeolites as well, besides the heulandite, and also calcite.
Houselog Creek is also a good location as is north of Del Norte. I can give you better directions if you need.
Houselog pics: and location, http://www.mindat.org/loc-158950.html
I have heard there are also septarian nodules on Liberty Point by Pueblo Reservoir. Nothing around Garden of the Gods that I have heard.
20th Jul 2010 00:31 UTCDevon6980
is there any Geodes up the East Fork road?
I heard there was a lot of quartz up there. I'm just getting into this and am really Intrigued
20th Jul 2010 13:51 UTCMark & Linda Mahlum
Greetings neighbor. I live north of Bayfield.
I collected the Wolf Creek locality twice this spring. It's getting somewhat collected out, although there is still material available with work and a sledge hammer. I did find a few nice larger geodes in a large boulder that I uncovered and then sledged apart. Heulandite, Quartz, a couple of amethysts, mordenite, calcite and some zeolites I need identified were all recovered.
That locality is situated 1/2 mile or so toward the pass (north) from the Treasure Falls parking area (off Hwy. 160). You'll see where CDOT workers have piled dump truck loads of dirt and rock. Straight ahead (north) is a long steep slope on the downhill side of the highway. You'll need good boots as it is quite steep. You'll see the geodes in the cliff to your right, about 3/4 mile above the Treasure Falls parking area as you head up the pass.
I've never collected the East Fork locality although I've seen the evidence while on my way up that road to fish some of the streams. The same road also leads to the Muddy Creek barite locality, a place I've collected for years and most recently last Thursday. (It is really collected out now, though.) You'll see evidence of the zeolites a couple of miles up the East Fork road from Hwy. 160. I've heard the material there is similar to and possibly better than that which is found at the Wolf Creek locality.
The two localities are about 4 miles apart. I've always intended to prospect the area between them, but haven't yet. A future project for a September or October day.
Mark
20th Jul 2010 14:10 UTCMark & Linda Mahlum
Mark
15th Feb 2011 13:56 UTCponcha girl
16th Feb 2011 19:13 UTCDean Allum Expert
25th Jul 2011 02:49 UTCAbbi
25th Jul 2011 14:25 UTCPatrick E Haynes
6th Oct 2011 21:33 UTCRandy
6th Aug 2013 20:24 UTCUncle Chuck
6th May 2014 17:12 UTCJason Box
7th May 2014 01:59 UTCMark & Linda Mahlum
15th Jul 2014 21:33 UTCNoonie
I'd totally be willing to pay for a guide, in Seattle where we live you can go on guided trips with geologists, but I don't see anything like that in CO.
Thanks in advance for anyone who can point us to some places to try!!
Elena
esaldan@hotmail.com
17th Jul 2014 05:26 UTCDean Allum Expert
I just moved from the Colorado Springs area.
Here is a possible place to search for crystals:
After visiting Helen Hunt Falls in North Cheyenne Canyon, drive a quarter mile further up the road, you will come to a parking area below an eroded hillside. There is a gated road to the west. This used to be known as Gold Camp Road prior to being closed due to tunnel cave-ins. Hike on this curving road for about a mile until you come to a closed "tunnel". Take the detour path over this tunnel. The other side of the tunnel is above Helen Hunt Falls and crystals can be found on the hills above and below the road. Remember to bring water along on your high altitude hike.
There is also a Fossil quarry available (fee site) at Claire ranch in nearby Florrisant, CO near the Petrified Forest National Park.
-Dean Allum
17th Jul 2014 05:35 UTCNoonie
26th Aug 2014 12:35 UTCangie sunshinedaydream
Im moving to colorado springs in just a couple weeks and i love to go exploring for rocks, im just learning this and have found quite the collection from my four month stay in west va, i found some really nice pieces in lincoln and estill county ky. I have two disabled kids who will be in school for eight hours a day and im looking for places to go and hunt while they are in school, ive written down some of what was posted here but id like to know more, my email address is gemini61975@hotmail.com id love more info possibly even a guide or someone to show me a little more about what im doing right or wrong. Id love to share what ive found already send me a message on fb under angie sunshinedaydream
Thank you im grateful
6th Oct 2014 10:31 UTCkeithh
11th Jun 2015 00:38 UTCCrystalpistol
11th Jun 2015 00:46 UTCCrystalpistol
11th Jun 2015 00:50 UTCBob Harman
21st Sep 2015 01:06 UTCKellyGunnison
Thanks
5th Nov 2015 05:40 UTCWayne Corwin
Break many many many more rocks ;-)
Keep On Rockin' (tu)
12th Mar 2016 00:58 UTCllfowlerCO
12th Mar 2016 01:02 UTCllfowlerCO
by Stephen M. Voynick, Voynick. It's a fun and relatively inexpensive book. I wish other state would publish a book like this.
12th Mar 2016 01:38 UTCDoug Schonewald
18th May 2016 09:33 UTCKimoh
18th May 2016 14:30 UTCBob Harman
I would NOT rely too much on the previous postings about older collecting sites as they often are no longer accessible for a variety of reasons. Make sure wherever you go the land is open to public collecting. Good luck and CHEERS.....BOB
19th May 2016 18:20 UTCScott Rider
I found only one tiny hunk of the chalcedony that I was looking for near my spot of jasper.... But no geodes or banded agate. I must state one warning, they aren't that colorfull... Almost all are grey, translucent but some have interesting dendrite patterns.
So if you want the multi-mineral geodes, Kentucky is the way to go. If you want some awesome "thunder eggs", Montana is the best for that... I'm sure there are a myriad of other locations, but those two are my personal favorite. Especially those thunder eggs.. I think New Mexico has some locations for colorful agate/geodes...
I have seen some material from "Colorado" that resembled thunder eggs, but no specific location was given. It was in a suite of Colorado minerals, so the location could be an error or could really be from Colorado, who knows... But, Colorado has an amazing diversity of rock types, geological formations, etc. so thunder eggs could possibly be found here.... You never know... People told me no more Topaz can be found in Devil's Head, and 1 kilo of topaz later, I proved that to be way, way off the mark...
Cheers, Scott
20th May 2016 20:29 UTCAaron Cross
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