Rockhounding Wyoming
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
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vii
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Wyoming Rockhounding Sites
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viii
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Map Legend
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ix
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About This Book
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1
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Introduction
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2
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Mountain Safety - Driving
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6
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Abandoned Mine Safety
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7
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Rockhound Etiquette
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7
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Yellowstone
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10
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How To Use This Guide
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13
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NORTHEAST WYOMING
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1. Agates of the Mineral Hills
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15
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2. Fluorite of the Bear Lodge
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17
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3. Fish Scales of Pine Ridge
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19
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4. Selenite at Schoonover
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21
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5. Dry Creek Petrified Forest
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23
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6. Agates and Wood Along Highway 16
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24
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7. Selenite at Newcastle
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27
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SOUTHEAST WYOMING
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8. Crystals at Lusk
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29
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9. Hartville Onyx
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31
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10. Garnets at Guernsey
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32
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11. Quarry Copper Minerals
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34
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12. Youngite of Guernsey
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35
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13. Glendo Goodies
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36
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14. Moss Agate Road at Douglas
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37
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15. Natrona Archery Range Agate
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16. Muddy Mountain Agate
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42
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17. Casper Alabaster
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43
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18. Moss Agate Ridge
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44
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19. Silicified Wood of Marshall
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45
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20. Medicine Bow Opalized Wood
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47
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21. Saratoga Agate and Opalized Wood
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49
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22. Foote Access Agate
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51
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23. Mine Minerals at Encampment
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52
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24. Marshall Moss Agate
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54
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25. Holiday Road Agates
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55
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CENTRAL WYOMING
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26. Cottonwood Creek Dinosaur Trail
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58
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27. Pelecypods of Alcova
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60
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28. Leo Jade
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29. Kortes Nephrite
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63
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30. Horse Creek Jade
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65
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31. Dry Creek Jasper
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67
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32. Buzzard Road Jade
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33. Sage Hen Creek Agates
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71
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34. Gas Hills Black Jade
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35. Microwave Towers Snowflake Jade
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75
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36. Apple Green Jade of Home on the Range
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37. Cedar Rim Agate
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SOUTHWEST WYOMING
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38. Tri-territory Quartz
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81
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39. Palm Wood West of Oregon Buttes
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83
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40. Agatized Algae in the Wood Bed
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84
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41. Eden Valley Petrified Wood
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85
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42. Opalized Wood of the Big Sandy
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86
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43. Big Sandy Algae
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88
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44. The Blue Forest of Green River
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89
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45. Muddy Creek Agates
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92
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46. Badland Nodules Along Highway 412
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94
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47. Lonetree Black Agate
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48. Agate of Burntfork Road
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97
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49. Red Agate of Cedar Mountain
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50. Banded Flint of McKinnon
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100
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51. Brown Turitella of Little America
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101
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52. Rock Quarry Agate
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53. Fossil Fish of Kemmerer
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104
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54. Black Turitella of Wamsutter
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108
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NORTHWEST WYOMING
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55. Sandstone Shells Along Highway 294
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110
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56. Gneiss Along Highway 212
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112
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57. Sunlight Basin Agates
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58. "Devil's Toenails" of Red Lake
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116
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59. Petrified Wood of the North Fork
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118
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60. Petrified Wood of the South Fork
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120
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61. Basalt and Crystal of Carter Mountain
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122
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62. Colored Chalcedony along Highway 120
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125
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63. Kirwin Copper Minerals
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127
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64. Gypsum and Calcite South of Lovell
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129
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65. Bighorn Agate
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132
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66. Spanish Point Agate
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134
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67. Trapper Creek Agate Mine
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136
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68. Fossils at Medicine Mountain
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136
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69. Five Springs Fossils
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138
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70. Crystal Creek Fossils
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140
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71. Birdseye Chert
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143
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72. Tough Creek Smorgasbord
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145
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73. Shoshoni Aquamarine
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146
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74. Wind River Iris Agate
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148
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75. Thorofare Agate
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150
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Appendix A: Public Land Agencies
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153
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Appendix B: Rock Shops
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154
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Appendix C: Rock Clubs
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155
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Index
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156
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About the Author
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158
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