| NOTE:
Please DO
NOT
ask for directions to the collecting locations below!
Most, if not all, of this information can be obtained from
the
following guide books. | "Rock
Collecting near Lordsburg, New Mexico" by Dave Millis
Can be purchased
at the Border Rock Shop, 980 East Motel Drive, Lordsburg, NM
88045 (505)542-3724
"Minerals,
Fossils, and Fluorescents of Arizona" by Neil Bearce
Can
be purchased on Amazon.com
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February 13, 2007
We gathered at the rockshop at 8:30 to do a field trip to the
Constellation mine for psylommine and agate. There was a 40%
chance of rain when we departed Lordsburg in the direction of Red Rock,
N.M. and the Constellation mine. All of the way out to the mine
the skies became darker and darker in the direction we were
driving. We decided to make a run for it to see how far we could
drive before the rain hit. We made all the way to a very bad
washed out section of the dirt road just about a mile from the
mine. All of our road engineers got out of their trucks to
discuss whether we should try to repair the ditch or create a new road
around the impassable part of the wash. Finally, it was decided
that we would save our energy for rockhounding and drive in from the
opposite side of the hill on a very bumpy but passable two
track. When the road started to get really rough, the two wheel
drive, low clearance vehicles were parked and all the remaining trucks
continued on up the hill across another bad but passable wash to the
top of the hill and the mine. This mine consisted of many open
cut workings with plenty of tailings to sift through.
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