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Post by vegasjames on Oct 29, 2018 23:57:43 GMT -5
From the lake side. I checked Google Earth and I do not see any way in from the Fallon side. The one road heading that way is a military road and someone posted a pic of a No Trespassing sign. It is quite a drive in on a dirt road with several turns. Road was not too bad until reaching the collection site. There is an easy way in from the Fallon side without going on any military roads. We've been up there maybe a dozen times over the years and it's the only way we know - I've only heard people say you can get there from the lake side. Unbeknownst to me in the wet winter of 2017, worried about severe flooding in Fallon the authorities cut a flood control channel directly across the path in and following my directions Tony catmandewe ended up getting stuck in deep mud in the channel. I think Roy pulled him out and they were still able to get across and up the mountain. Funny thing is that my dad moved to Reno when I was 3 and I have relatives in Fallon, as with most of Nevada, so I have been by there hundreds of times but never knew this was back there. I never even heard of Dead Camel until the club mentioned the trip there so I looked it up. So this is my first trip to the Dead Camel area and I just followed the rest of the club members in. Again the road was not too bad. A little rough at first between rocks and washboard but the rest of the way was pretty good and I was able to drive back out of there at a relatively high speed most of the way. I lagged behind to collect some stuff I saw on the side of the road and in the middle of the road and so was driving pretty fast trying to catch up so they would not worry about me being out there since they were heading off for Wonderstone and I was not going to join them. But I did not want them waiting for me either.
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mossyrockhound
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Post by mossyrockhound on Oct 30, 2018 1:29:35 GMT -5
Man! I'm jealous! It looks like you got some really good material! Thanks for the pictures.
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Post by Tommy on Oct 30, 2018 10:15:41 GMT -5
Funny thing is that my dad moved to Reno when I was 3 and I have relatives in Fallon, as with most of Nevada, so I have been by there hundreds of times but never knew this was back there. I never even heard of Dead Camel until the club mentioned the trip there so I looked it up. So this is my first trip to the Dead Camel area and I just followed the rest of the club members in. Again the road was not too bad. A little rough at first between rocks and washboard but the rest of the way was pretty good and I was able to drive back out of there at a relatively high speed most of the way. I lagged behind to collect some stuff I saw on the side of the road and in the middle of the road and so was driving pretty fast trying to catch up so they would not worry about me being out there since they were heading off for Wonderstone and I was not going to join them. But I did not want them waiting for me either. The first time we heard about the area was when someone asked if I had heard of Lahontanite and ended up giving us a copy of an old rockhounding map where to find it. Since the sixties a lot has changed on that side of Fallon and certain features on the map are not there anymore such as canals and city dump etc. Our first attempt to venture into the mud and sand flats between Fallon and the mountains ended up nearly getting stuck in both mud and sand and chickening out and giving up. After putting the pieces together and finding the route it became easy although visits have to be timed right - local kids get out there and have fun with their trucks in the mud and can get really bad with ruts and standing water. We have not been back yet to see where they built the flood control canal so that is still a mystery to us and might end up forcing us to search out the lake route instead. It's funny but I used to be very protective of the area but once claimers found it and started claiming it I can quite easily be talked into giving specific directions how to get there. The whole experience forced me to take a step back and just appreciate the material and experiences I have had from it. Dead Camel Jasper, Red Falcon, (orig.) Lahontanite, Dead Ringer, Fire Ledge, Mescalero, did I miss any? I had a good solid couple of years head start on all these guys and was not inclined or motivated to go that way, so it's all good and I'm coming to grips with it lol Based on the material I see emerge into the market I believe that there are still two spots that have not been discovered yet. One has a field of nice agatized jasper along the lines of Lavic material - dirty red and orange - and the other plain gray with red dendrites and occasional yellows that prompted my "dragon jasper" name. Anyway, sorry for blabbering away in your thread.
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Post by vegasjames on Oct 30, 2018 11:42:06 GMT -5
Funny thing is that my dad moved to Reno when I was 3 and I have relatives in Fallon, as with most of Nevada, so I have been by there hundreds of times but never knew this was back there. I never even heard of Dead Camel until the club mentioned the trip there so I looked it up. So this is my first trip to the Dead Camel area and I just followed the rest of the club members in. Again the road was not too bad. A little rough at first between rocks and washboard but the rest of the way was pretty good and I was able to drive back out of there at a relatively high speed most of the way. I lagged behind to collect some stuff I saw on the side of the road and in the middle of the road and so was driving pretty fast trying to catch up so they would not worry about me being out there since they were heading off for Wonderstone and I was not going to join them. But I did not want them waiting for me either. The first time we heard about the area was when someone asked if I had heard of Lahontanite and ended up giving us a copy of an old rockhounding map where to find it. Since the sixties a lot has changed on that side of Fallon and certain features on the map are not there anymore such as canals and city dump etc. Our first attempt to venture into the mud and sand flats between Fallon and the mountains ended up nearly getting stuck in both mud and sand and chickening out and giving up. After putting the pieces together and finding the route it became easy although visits have to be timed right - local kids get out there and have fun with their trucks in the mud and can get really bad with ruts and standing water. We have not been back yet to see where they built the flood control canal so that is still a mystery to us and might end up forcing us to search out the lake route instead. It's funny but I used to be very protective of the area but once claimers found it and started claiming it I can quite easily be talked into giving specific directions how to get there. The whole experience forced me to take a step back and just appreciate the material and experiences I have had from it. Dead Camel Jasper, Red Falcon, (orig.) Lahontanite, Dead Ringer, Fire Ledge, Mescalero, did I miss any? I had a good solid couple of years head start on all these guys and was not inclined or motivated to go that way, so it's all good and I'm coming to grips with it lol Based on the material I see emerge into the market I believe that there are still two spots that have not been discovered yet. One has a field of nice agatized jasper along the lines of Lavic material - dirty red and orange - and the other plain gray with red dendrites and occasional yellows that prompted my "dragon jasper" name. Anyway, sorry for blabbering away in your thread. I am looking forward to getting some of the stuff I collected cut up. Looks like a lot of colors in much of it and found an interesting green paterned rock just as we were getting ready to leave. The material is scattered about, not in a deposit, which is why it probably has not had a claim put on it.
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Post by vegasjames on Oct 30, 2018 23:37:56 GMT -5
Here is the green stone I was referring to:
And a few others from the area:
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Post by stephan on Oct 31, 2018 16:09:22 GMT -5
Some wild stuff. I can't wait to see the cuts.
I'll have to see if the Sac M&GS wants to take a trip there sometime.
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Post by drocknut on Oct 31, 2018 18:55:41 GMT -5
Very cool. Thanks for posting pictures. IMHO a pooped dog is a happy dog and Jax looks very happy indeed.
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