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Post by therockapprentice on Feb 2, 2023 20:47:42 GMT -5
Hi everyone. My wife and I are headed out west on vacation in early March and may be able work in a day and 1/2 near Kingman, AZ. I have never been there but would love to do some rockhounding if possible. I found information on the Cuesta Fire Agate Mine between Kingman and Oatman. I am not sure I am interested in digging at Cuesta but I believe he will allow us to walk the property for $30. I would love to know if anyone has had any experience with Cuesta to know if it is a good spot and worth the $30. Also, I would love to hear about other possible spots we could try. We only have a rental car and we can hike a bit but nothing too difficult. I would love to have the opportunity to hunt agates, chalcedony, jasper or other good tumbling/polishing stones, that would be great. Thanks in advance for any suggestion you might have.
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AzRockGeek
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Post by AzRockGeek on Feb 2, 2023 21:52:39 GMT -5
Burro Creek is about an hour away. You may want to touch bases with vwfence , I believe he lives in Kingman.
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Post by orrum on Feb 3, 2023 7:49:59 GMT -5
Kingman turquoise parking lot.
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Post by therockapprentice on Feb 3, 2023 18:55:21 GMT -5
Burro Creek is about an hour away. You may want to touch bases with vwfence , I believe he lives in Kingman. Great, thank you for the recommendation. Much appreciated.
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Post by therockapprentice on Feb 3, 2023 18:58:56 GMT -5
Kingman turquoise parking lot. Thank you for the recommendation. I am not sure I understand it, but I will see if I can figure it out.
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Post by orrum on Feb 4, 2023 8:51:41 GMT -5
The Kingman turquoise retail office and store has a dirt gravel muddy parking lot. They unload and haul huge trucks of stuff there for the stabilizing process. Stuff gets spilled. So look in the parking lot. Same goes for a lot of rock shops! The Rock Shed in South Dakota is the same.
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Post by MsAli on Feb 4, 2023 19:10:00 GMT -5
The Kingman turquoise retail office and store has a dirt gravel muddy parking lot. They unload and haul huge trucks of stuff there for the stabilizing process. Stuff gets spilled. So look in the parking lot. Same goes for a lot of rock shops! The Rock Shed in South Dakota is the same. Love this tip! At first I thought you meant park in the lot and then go in the shop
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Post by therockapprentice on Feb 4, 2023 20:09:33 GMT -5
The Kingman turquoise retail office and store has a dirt gravel muddy parking lot. They unload and haul huge trucks of stuff there for the stabilizing process. Stuff gets spilled. So look in the parking lot. Same goes for a lot of rock shops! The Rock Shed in South Dakota is the same. Thank you for explaining! That sounds like a fun way to find some stones. Thanks for the suggestion.
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Feb 13, 2023 9:22:16 GMT -5
there is a lot of stuff that can be collected in the Kingman area for rock hounds . Fire agate is found over most of the black mountains from Yuma to Las Vegas but is concentrated in pockets . There are also chalcedony desert roses , banded rhyolite , squigley jasper , bowenite , granate , quartz , and who knows what the last floods brought in . Burro creek is about 60 miles from kingman and the stuff found there varies . most of the areas i would recommend 4 wheel drive unless you dont mind hiking. For those of you visiting the turquoise mine store , i am only about 10 miles away and you go by a rock shop on the way . I am happy to let you dig in my rock piles if you dont have the time for extended hunting as long as im not at the doctors . I also have a lot of slabs and drop offs i will be very reasonable on if there is any interest. Wayne
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Post by turqey on Jun 8, 2023 17:24:36 GMT -5
Brand new to rockhounding. Looking for tips for turquoise hounding in Kingsman (specifically north of Kingsman in Mineral Park). Can you just walk around mineral park and have a chance to find turquoise laying on the ground? Or do you have to dig? Will it be obviously blue in hue, or will I need to bring some water to wash off dust off random rocks?
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Post by vegasjames on Jun 8, 2023 19:16:25 GMT -5
Brand new to rockhounding. Looking for tips for turquoise hounding in Kingsman (specifically north of Kingsman in Mineral Park). Can you just walk around mineral park and have a chance to find turquoise laying on the ground? Or do you have to dig? Will it be obviously blue in hue, or will I need to bring some water to wash off dust off random rocks? Yes, was down there a few moths ago. Drove up one of the BLM roads below the mine and we were searching the washes. One of my friends found a really nice nugget of turquoise that washed down from the mine.
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Jun 12, 2023 7:21:11 GMT -5
Mineral Park is not open to collecting , nor is the area that is worked by Collboughs {spelling } turquoise mine . you may find a piece here and there in the washes after some of the floods which will be starting soon .
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Post by vwfence on Jul 6, 2023 21:30:36 GMT -5
the mining company has closed off a lot more area and gated it just recently . It includes the old Emerald mine
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