Bucknutty
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Bucknutty on Jun 28, 2018 20:20:30 GMT -5
I've got the 225 on a 10' tile saw. Almost useless on harder stuff. Is a 303 or 301 significantly better or just a little? If it makes a big difference I don't mind springing for the more expensive blade, but not if it's only marginally better.
Sorry if this has been covered already. I couldn't find that specific comparison anywhere.
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Bucknutty
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Bucknutty on Jun 27, 2018 11:10:00 GMT -5
Is the marble all hard rock work or is there some loose stuff? I'm planning a trip out that way and love marble. Just want to know if it's a short side trip or a good day's work. Appreciate your help. Its not marble, its andesite. Fill a pickup truck with any size hunk you want. Nobody will know its gone. Soft, takes a decent polish. Take the exit with the dead convenience store. The one west of basin road. I forget the name. Follow the paved road west until it swings north onto a dirt road. Follow that past the first green quarry and dry lake bed, if you can. Then go another mile or less to the second green quarry. That is where the the good stuff is. Patterns and color changes. I'm planning to go get some big yard boulders there. Wanna help? PS Hit the first quarry on the way out and explore there too! I'd love to, but I'm in Phoenix. Was just out there last week, but it'll be a while before I have time to head that direction again. Thanks for the info!
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Bucknutty
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since November 2017
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Post by Bucknutty on Jun 12, 2018 23:49:02 GMT -5
Thanks Barklay. Sounds good to me
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Bucknutty
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since November 2017
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Post by Bucknutty on Jun 12, 2018 19:06:10 GMT -5
Haven't been out there for a long time. I'd wait until September to do any hounding in Havasu though...it's got to be pushing 120+F out there this time of year. Right now it's showing a high of 97 Saturday, and I'd be pretty early in the morning before moving on. Believe me, I'm not interested in baking in the desert. Was what you remember about the site any good?
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Bucknutty
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Bucknutty on Jun 12, 2018 14:02:06 GMT -5
Has anyone been to this site? (Havasu Lake Rd west of 95 about 25mi south of Needles). It's listed in Gail Butler's rockhounding book.
It looks like the Needles Gem Club has an active claim on the NE part of the hills, but I was hoping someone had some firsthand knowledge of the area. Rather not waste the time if it's hunted out.
Appreciate any advice.
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Bucknutty
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Bucknutty on Jun 12, 2018 0:55:14 GMT -5
Are there other coordinates on the map that are wrong too? I'm planning a trip to the area as well. I'm looking at S Cady, Afton Canyon, and maybe the travertine deposit off Ft Irwin Rd So far the only other issue i see is the alluvial moss agate on the east end of the south cadys is kinda crap. Unless there is a rare spectacular material,.what we found was forgettable. Thanks for saving me some time and effort. That was one of the places I had on the menu.
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Bucknutty
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Post by Bucknutty on Jun 12, 2018 0:53:20 GMT -5
If you are interested in marble there is a huge deposit and easily reached by car. Exit at Afton Canyon Rd. Go West on the road North of the freeway and along the freeway. It veers 90 degrees at the end. Follow that road and look to the right for a big green outcropping/quarry site. A landscape rock company quarried the green marble but found it too hard for what they wanted. Colors are from dark to light and takes a nice polish. I've seen "Chinese Writing Rock" from ZZzx Rd. (several miles North of freeway) but have not gone out to locate it. Supposed o be boulders along the road. Has smaller pattern than the Auburn stuff. Is the marble all hard rock work or is there some loose stuff? I'm planning a trip out that way and love marble. Just want to know if it's a short side trip or a good day's work. Appreciate your help.
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Bucknutty
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Bucknutty on Jun 11, 2018 18:38:18 GMT -5
Thanks Sabre.....Just ordered a little booklet about the Barstow area rock hounding......it may help us a little too. Be very careful. That book has Anton of great information, but some of the coordinates are off. For instance "Paul Bunyan" isn't even close. If ya wanna see that PM me, but it ain't a beginner's hunt for sure. Hard rock mining 500 vertical feet up a very steep trail over unstable scree. Are there other coordinates on the map that are wrong too? I'm planning a trip to the area as well. I'm looking at S Cady, Afton Canyon, and maybe the travertine deposit off Ft Irwin Rd
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Bucknutty
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Post by Bucknutty on Nov 27, 2017 12:06:15 GMT -5
Thanks for the info AZRockGeek. My vehicle wouldn't be high clearance, more like medium. Sounds like its doable though
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Bucknutty
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Bucknutty on Nov 22, 2017 17:32:44 GMT -5
This site is listed in several guidebooks. I am trying to find out if the road is passable by a small 2WD SUV (I don't mind abusing it a little). Has anyone been to this site?
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