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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Sept 1, 2018 9:47:16 GMT -5
First real post since joining - I knew RTH would be the right place for this question.
Has anyone here collected in a place called Hackberry Wash? I'm assuming it's the one near Kingman on Route 66. Another one shows up in Yavapai County, but Kingman sounds more likely for an older collecting area that must have been fairly well known.
Saw some "hackberry wash agate" online some time ago and searched the maps. Have wondered ever since if there's anything really worth a shot-in-the-dark type trip.
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Sept 2, 2018 11:03:07 GMT -5
Robin found an old auction listing for some decent looking plume from a Hackberry Wash in CA. Might have been a small deposit, or just not spectacular enough to justify a lot of work to get it.
Either way, maybe CA was the source of the other Hackberry Wash rough listing I saw. Thanks to all who looked at this.
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Post by MsAli on Sept 2, 2018 12:25:48 GMT -5
The gentlemen who let's me use his equipment showed me a couple slabs of what he called Hackberry gulch plume agate. Red and white, very pretty. Said it was from the Mojave desert area. Not sure if it's the same as what you're asking about. But I'm sure someone will know on here.
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zarguy
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Post by zarguy on Sept 2, 2018 14:53:59 GMT -5
hummingbirdstones2 - A friend took me to the Hackberry area you're referring to near Kingman, AZ. We took the dirt road that leads west across the highway from the general store. We drove a few hundred yards & parked near the train bridge. We basically found nothing of interest to a lapidary. Just chunks of quartz & some rusty railroad spikes. If there is anything there, I'd love to know where to look. I'd give it a try next trip to Kingman. Lynn
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Post by beefjello on Sept 2, 2018 17:27:55 GMT -5
Google images shows some neat material.. never been there or even heard of it before.
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Sept 2, 2018 18:47:15 GMT -5
Alikat - there is a Hackberry Mtn and Hackberry Spring in the Mojave National Preserve in eastern San Bernardino County. That sounds like a good possibility for the location. Here's a reference to the name but there's no source location in the citation.
snr.unl.edu/data/geologysoils/agates/agateslexicon.aspx?firstletter=H
Since the image results online mention California this sounds like where that rough probably came from.
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Sept 3, 2018 9:14:45 GMT -5
I live close to Kingman and haved belonged to 2 different groups here that rock hound and this is the first I have heard of Hackberry agate , but I will ask later today when I meet with some of the folks to plan some trips
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Post by socalagatehound on Sept 3, 2018 16:46:33 GMT -5
Look in the March, 1975 issue of Desert Magazine (you can find it online) and look at the article on Little Fenner Valley on page 8 by Mary Francis Strong. She was the author of one of the old standards in rockhounding books. It has some very interesting information about Hackberry Wash on pages 10 and 11 and even a map!!!!
Demands further research but certainly enough to prick yours ears up!!!
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Post by socalagatehound on Sept 3, 2018 16:49:44 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Sept 3, 2018 20:14:27 GMT -5
Thanks Craig. I'm sure this info will be interesting to a lot of people. Even if it probably is just historical background after 40 years of hounding by those who knew it was there.
I had found an old BLM impact assessment (ca. 1979?) mentioning the area. It also had a map that showed Hackberry Spring, but no wash. Not as good as the Desert Magazine map.
The BLM paper had a section on "Signal Hill" after the Hackberry info. BLM described Signal Hill as more popular than Hackberry Wash for collecting. Soooo many good places in CA - if they haven't been built over, depleted, or posted.
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