orneryboi
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Member since November 2022
Posts: 76
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Post by orneryboi on Dec 15, 2023 14:18:10 GMT -5
Have you been to the fluorite spot that they reclaimed with extreme prejudice? Right above the golf course? I love that spot. I've been up there twice (post covid) and it's still well-worth the jaunt. I pulled right up to the mine and hand-picked the best purples and greens I could find, they went straight into my trunk. I found lots of great specimens with perfect flourite cubes sprayed everywhere. Time/cost value (rockhound, not $) is among the best I've seen anywhere, I've only spent a total of 4 hours there.
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wargrafix
Cave Dweller
Member since June 2023
Posts: 566
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Post by wargrafix on Dec 18, 2023 21:46:49 GMT -5
There was a spot that had a fluorite mine and the forest service came in and destroyed everything claiming it was for safety. Then they covered a deposit that was not unsafe at all with riprap and then dumped tons of dirt over it so no one could work the safe deposit. They did it just to be assholes. The mine was like a fairy land with the huge veins of material going off into the walls and would light up like magic when you put a really strong light to it. Thats a dick move if I ever know one. There were a million ways to handle that, and they chose the laziest one
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