ADHD
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Post by ADHD on Dec 28, 2017 21:46:40 GMT -5
I can’t seem to find any details on collecting at a pit in Eagle Pass. I heard there is a place where you can camp and go through 30 foot piles of gravel all day but I can’t seem to find anyone who knows and is willing to share. I understand you can drive the roads but thesepits are supposed to be the best way. Appreciate any pointers. Thanks
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 28, 2017 23:23:01 GMT -5
The are a least two rock quarries in Eagle Pass. Local clubs go on field trips there several times per year but I don't now how they are about allowing individuals or non club groups in. Best thing would be to go to the yellow pages, get a phone number and look them up. Just look up decorative rock quarries or rock quarries in Eagle Pass, Texas. It's a small town after all. My buddy's decorative rock yard handles Eagle Pass gravel. Good rock at his place runs hot and cold depending on which layer of the pit they send him rock from and he only has a truckload at a time to look through. Never get totally skunked though it is kind of lean on Rio Grande agates some times. Gravel contains some petrified wood and various rhyolite and jasper and some Devil's Toenails too. I imagine hunting the oversized piles right at the quarry would be pretty cool. When we first were moving to Texas the motel we stayed at was doing some landscaping and my favorite butcher shop got some gravel from that pit layer too. The piles at the motel and shop were almost solid Rio Grande agate. Have never seen a load of gravel that good since. Based on my experience with what my buddy gets in, the agate content in the gravel seems to decline as the pit gets deeper....Mel
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