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stevehq |
Duvall,wa rockhounding
Nov 9 2010, 7:25 PM EST
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Hey all i was wandering of any locations to do some rockhounding around the duvall washington area?? It would be appreciated!!!Thanks, Steve 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?
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jakesrocks |
1. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 9 2010, 7:51 PM EST
Try the following link. It should help you until some of the Washington guys get on here. http://cash-and-treasures-wiki.travelchannel.com/page/Washington
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Rockhound5555 |
2. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 9 2010, 10:03 PM EST
Not sure where Monore ,WA is at. Let us know what big town are you by? I know that some of the old WA. people can help but they aren't on here right now.
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stevehq |
3. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 9 2010, 10:21 PM EST
"Not sure where Monore ,WA is at. Let us know what big town are you by? I know that some of the old WA. people can help but they aren't on here right now."im sorry i meant in the duvall area it by woodinvile??? Do you find this valuable? |
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4. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 9 2010, 10:43 PM EST
there's a place called Tower Hill that has blue agate and polka dot and nice jasper in situ....i can try to find the directions...rockcandyguy 9bob jackson) has it listed in one of his books...maybe he can tell you how to get there....but I'll look it up.
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stevehq |
5. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 9 2010, 10:57 PM EST
GREAT.... ya ive contacted bob for one of his books!
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gamaliel114 |
6. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 12:34 AM EST
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"Tower Hill" Monroe agate and jaspers google map:http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Duvall,+King,+Washington&daddr=Lake+Fontal+Rd+to:47.811627,-121.941891+to:47.818054,-121.941848&geocode=FXJ92AIdcqW6-CnfcdXIxQqQVDH8w_RWzIY5xw%3BFStm2QIdzVS7-A%3B%3B&hl=en&mra=mi&mrcr=2&mrsp=3&sz=15&sll=47.812319,-121.945324&sspn=0.020549,0.052142&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=15 1 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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7. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 12:34 AM EST
Ok, here it is. "B" on the map is where the dirt road starts....also where the first gate is. It was open one time i was there, closed the other time. the hike isn't too bad though. "C" on the map is a good place to dig for jaspers in matrix...found a botryoidal there too. That road it is by is blocked by two ditches...just behind that you will see a small mound and some bedrock...anywhere in that mound (or similiar ones anywhere in this area) are good places to look."D" on the map is where you can find the blue agates etc...Bob listed a lot of "agate" and "jasper" varieties...here i found it best to dig into the big mound rather than the exposed bedrock cliff face. one problem is there is no water here...so you need to bring your own to wash the muck off the rocks...it's kind of red and sticky. so bring some gal jugs or a honey bucket full of water...and hope the gate is open cause you don't want to hike up with that much water! you should explore the entire area...these are just the obvious easy to note areas. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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8. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 1:16 AM EST
also there's that Cherry Creek locality...i haven't been there yet though:http://www.findingrocks.com/cgi-bin/viewlocation.cgi?location_id=194 ~Zeke 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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stevehq |
9. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 9:54 AM EST
THANK YOU.... illl have to check out tower hill ive also got direction to the cherry creeek!
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stevehq |
10. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 9:56 AM EST
THE LINK ISNT WORKING!!!!!
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stevehq |
11. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 10:12 AM EST
Nervermind it works!
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rockcandyguy |
12. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 11:18 AM EST
"Ok, here it is. "B" on the map is where the dirt road starts....also where the first gate is. It was open one time i was there, closed the other time. the hike isn't too bad though. "C" on the map is a good place to dig for jaspers in matrix...found a botryoidal there too. That road it is by is blocked by two ditches...just behind that you will see a small mound and some bedrock...anywhere in that mound (or similiar ones anywhere in this area) are good places to look.Spot on, Zeke! I've seen lots of good finds from the roadside ditches in this area. Very pretty agate and lots of seams. Bob Do you find this valuable? |
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stevehq |
13. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 6:43 PM EST
WOW... sounds like a great spot ill have to try it out! Are the agates the ellensburg blues or something different! thanks alot
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gamaliel114 |
14. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 7:12 PM EST
No...not as good as the ellensburg...most are gray and or clear, but some is a really nice blue...just not quite as good. I have one really good chunk but haven't been able to figure out what i did with it so i don't have a picture....worth collecting for sure, should make some pretty cabs.Bob, this is the location I was cursing your name over :-)...I can't believe i actually found the sites following your maps. It didn't help that i had to hike the first time so it was hard to use the milage notes...i found the jasper locality by accident and only found the other spot after wandering around for three hours (went down the wrong road twice)...but having done that i can say there is agate all over the place up there...just have to find a good exposed spot. Just note the matrix rock at those two localities and you are set. i think the jasper in matrix there is really cool. the polka dot i found tended to be crumbly though. ~Zeke Do you find this valuable? |
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15. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 7:32 PM EST
here's one someone posted;http://cash-and-treasures-wiki.travelchannel.com/photo/10796289/Monroe+Blue+Agate the one I have is lighter blue. Do you find this valuable? |
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16. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 7:34 PM EST
another shot of it:http://cash-and-treasures-wiki.travelchannel.com/photos/album/165427/AAA+R+Rocks/photo/10796291/Monroe+Blue+Agate Do you find this valuable? |
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Rockhound5555 |
17. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 8:57 PM EST
Hey Zeke can you make this a link that we can click on and get to the map? Us computer dummies can't get the thing to work. Would love to see where this neet blue agate comes from.Thanks Sharon and Tim Do you find this valuable? |
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stevehq |
18. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 9:38 PM EST
Sooo im guessing this spot isnt really used alot.....
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gamaliel114 |
19. RE: Monore,wa rockhounding
Nov 10 2010, 9:51 PM EST
I don't know how popular the spot is...i would imagin not many go there, but it is known by many folks.I put the link on location #23: http://cash-and-treasures-wiki.travelchannel.com/page/More+Sites+in+Washington ~Zeke Do you find this valuable? |