barclay
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Post by barclay on Aug 4, 2017 18:56:47 GMT -5
I am starting to think about new places to go in the Ludlow/Mojave area with my rock club. We have been to Lavic, Hector Hills, I-40 thulite and Christmas Tree Hill. Looking at other places in the area people have gone I have found Broadwell Dry Lake, Ship Mountain, Kel-Baker Rd, Marble Mountain, Turtle Mountain, Bagdad obsidian, and Flat Top Mountain. Does anyone have other places in the Ludlow area that would be good to visit?
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Post by paulshiroma on Aug 4, 2017 23:14:21 GMT -5
Looks like you have all the best ones. Did you try Field Road, Afton Canyon, or Yermo/Calico? If you can find a copy of Mary Strong's old book, there's a few there.
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 5, 2017 2:45:11 GMT -5
Looks like you have all the best ones. Did you try Field Road, Afton Canyon, or Yermo/Calico? If you can find a copy of Mary Strong's old book, there's a few there. With Afton being taken over by the government and being made part of the Mojave National Preserve can you even collect there? Last I heard whether collecting would be allowed was still up in the air.
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Post by aDave on Aug 5, 2017 12:23:20 GMT -5
Looks like you have all the best ones. Did you try Field Road, Afton Canyon, or Yermo/Calico? If you can find a copy of Mary Strong's old book, there's a few there. With Afton being taken over by the government and being made part of the Mojave National Preserve can you even collect there? Last I heard whether collecting would be allowed was still up in the air. Looking at a BLM map, Afton Canyon appears to be in the Mojave Trails National Monument and not in the Mojave National Preserve. As such, hounding is allowed there. As far as the Mojave National Preserve specifically allowing rockhounding, I have not been able to find anything. Dave
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<'))))>< Fish
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Post by <'))))>< Fish on Aug 5, 2017 20:16:17 GMT -5
Siam siding
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Post by paulshiroma on Aug 5, 2017 22:06:28 GMT -5
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Post by paulshiroma on Aug 5, 2017 22:07:19 GMT -5
With Afton being taken over by the government and being made part of the Mojave National Preserve can you even collect there? Last I heard whether collecting would be allowed was still up in the air. Looking at a BLM map, Afton Canyon appears to be in the Mojave Trails National Monument and not in the Mojave National Preserve. As such, hounding is allowed there. As far as the Mojave National Preserve specifically allowing rockhounding, I have not been able to find anything. Dave I get emails from the Anaheim Searcher's Club and I seem to recall that the rules were still being worked out but haven't seen an update in a long time.
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Post by aDave on Aug 5, 2017 23:02:01 GMT -5
Looking at a BLM map, Afton Canyon appears to be in the Mojave Trails National Monument and not in the Mojave National Preserve. As such, hounding is allowed there. As far as the Mojave National Preserve specifically allowing rockhounding, I have not been able to find anything. Dave I get emails from the Anaheim Searcher's Club and I seem to recall that the rules were still being worked out but haven't seen an update in a long time. Prior to going out to Lavic this past spring, which is in the Mojave Trails National Monument, I called the BLM office that serves the Monument area. The office confirmed what I had found online - rockhounding for personal use, not using anything other than hand tools was allowed. That's not a quote from the policy, but it pretty much covered what I was doing. That would cover the Monument in total...which would also include Afton and the Cadys. What I could not find, and I did not call the office, was what is allowed, or not allowed, in the National Preserve. Hope that clarifies a bit. Regards. ETA: paulshiroma, I just realized you were probably referring to updates about the Preserve and not the Monument. Sorry about that. Dave
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Post by paulshiroma on Aug 6, 2017 23:29:08 GMT -5
Hey aDave, no worries, I wasn't very clear, HA! Your information is very helpful as I never got any update from my local club (of just missed it completely). Paul
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Aug 7, 2017 9:49:23 GMT -5
For the hikers in the group there is strawberry onyx at the Ribbon Rock mine. Two mile (mostly) flat hike with small climb at the end.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 14:07:16 GMT -5
Buy Justin Zzyzzyx new book.
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