Ruby Mountain Colorado Rockhounding

The ruby mountain site includes blm and private land.

Ruby mountain colorado rockhounding. Again i pocketed some collecting bottles and slipped a small deformed crow bar through my belt loop. But a fantastic time hiking with my son and collecting apache tears in perlite during an august 2015 trip to colorado. Hunting for some topaz and smoky q s in the tarryall. I think that i began on the southeast side.

Thus rockhounders may want to stay on the public lands of this mountain. The western slope private property. I was sorry to disappoint the reader but the colorado rubies at ruby mountain are actually a variety of aluminum garnet called spessartine mn 3 al 2 sio 4 3 these stones occur in a tertiary rhyolite exposed as a series of intrusive dikes at ruby mountain and adjacent sugarloaf mountain and dorothy hill. Here are some good books.

I was out by 10am. Search ruby mountain nathrop colorado. For the adventurous rock hounder the mountains and plains of colorado are still a place ripe with the smell of discovery. Review of colorado s ruby mountain campground located in the arkansas river headwaters recreation area and it is a real beauty.

Wind was blowing pretty good so not much talking. Large number of pages viewed. Since then there have been reports that the current owner s forbids collecting. A view from near the top looking northwest.

It is easy to see that this state is host to a staggering and diverse array of gems minerals and fossils that make it such a fantastic destination for rock enthusiasts and commercial mining operations. Rockhounding colorado and a map of new mexico. Spessartine garnet on rhyolite matrix ruby mountain colorado collected on 9 oct 08. Other great rockhounding resources.

Spessartine garnets on rhyolite matrix ruby mountain colorado. If you re prospecting on devil s head mountain douglas county in august you ll join millions of ladybugs for their annual gathering on the summit. Spessartine garnet on rhyolite matrix ruby mountain colorado collected on 9 oct 2008. Until 1992 the site was an open collecting area when local land owners began charging a small fee to collect here.

Climb ruby mountain from the northeast side i located ruby mountain itself a large isolated peak at the far end of the park. A guide to the state s best rockhounding sites rockhounding series gem trails of colorado.