FIRE AGATE IN AZ

BAZ driving up their electric bill Wintering in Azna, CA Member since December 2005 Posts: 2,212	FIRE AGATE IN AZ May 13, 2006 12:24:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BAZ on May 13, 2006 12:24:07 GMT -5 Someday I will make it down there, got to let it cool down though!
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FIRE AGATE IN AZ May 14, 2006 9:01:04 GMT -5

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Post by driftwood on May 14, 2006 9:01:04 GMT -5

Thanks for posting the website as I love fire agate. One of these days I am going to make a trip to the opal hill mine in CA. If you can post up some of the the finds you found. I would love to see the fire agate and some of the gold you got.
Tony

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FIRE AGATE IN AZ May 15, 2006 14:58:43 GMT -5

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Post by gemkoi on May 15, 2006 14:58:43 GMT -5

About time they updated that information! Thanks for posting the link HardrockM. That is a fun and plentyful collecting spot. Though i have seen more plain chalcedony come out of Black hills, it does produce nice fire the farther you get into the hills. Theres also a Black Hills near Deer Creek that produce similar fire agate as at deer creek.

Comeon Mike, when i go collecting fire agate, i am collecting by sunup, and done before lunch anyway. I done Deer creek a few times in half a day and came out with a few hundred pounds of fire collected just as float!

driftwood Guest	FIRE AGATE IN AZ May 15, 2006 21:56:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by driftwood on May 15, 2006 21:56:09 GMT -5 Shain, Let me get this straight, you collected a few hundred pounds in half a day ?? Please post some photos , Fire Agate is killer stuff please share the photos !!!!!!!!!!!!!

BAZ driving up their electric bill Wintering in Azna, CA Member since December 2005 Posts: 2,212	FIRE AGATE IN AZ May 16, 2006 11:26:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BAZ on May 16, 2006 11:26:16 GMT -5 Yeah Nephrite, that sounds like motivation for me to get over the heat thing right? Man Shain that is a lot of fire! Someone told me the mine at Deer Creek was closed, is that true Shain?
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FIRE AGATE IN AZ May 16, 2006 12:47:27 GMT -5

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Post by gemkoi on May 16, 2006 12:47:27 GMT -5

The deer creek location is not closed, however, the original mine has fallen in to complete disaray and will cost more in reclamation fees than whats left in gem grade fire agate. This top area too is full of rubell, and you see float as your drive up to it. Most float is white chalcedony with less than 25% sard. Out of a few hundred pounds of float, i would get maybe 5 pounds of decent fire, and a handful of gemgrade.

There are sevral Active claims in the area, Xona_fire has been mining some real nice fire agate from a lower location than the original mine, but i havent seen or heard from him this year, not sure whats up.

I would collect float only and have yet to take a camera, sorry. Maybe a will this year. It takes me forever to cut gem grade fire agates, and i have a batch sitting close by when insperation hits. I promise i will post lots of closes ups when i have a couple fine ones finished.

AgateChaser starting to spend too much on rocks Member since March 2006 Posts: 167	FIRE AGATE IN AZ Jun 3, 2006 17:01:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AgateChaser on Jun 3, 2006 17:01:34 GMT -5 The only place I've ever been in Arizona is Tonopah (35 min west of Phoenix). We've gotten lots of Fire Agates in the Saddle Mountain area.