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Gem Trails of Idaho and Western Montana
by Lanny Ream
Gem Trails of Idaho and Western Montana
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Idaho and Western Montana Collecting sites |
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Site Locator Map |
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Map Legend |
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Introduction |
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Rockhounding Rules and Ehtics |
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Collecting Sites - Idaho |
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1. Cow Creek - Soda Creek - agate, jasper, petrified wood |
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2. Wagontown - petrified wood |
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3. Silver City - quartz |
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4. South Mountain - hedenbergite, garnet |
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5. Round Mountain - Succor Creek (Oregon) - petrified wood |
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6. Succor Creek (Oregon) - thundereggs, clinoptilolite |
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7. Graveyard Point - plume agate, jasper |
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8. Graveyard Point (Oregon) - plume agate, jasper |
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9. McBride Creek - petrified wood, leaf fossils |
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10. Coal Mine Basin - petrified wood |
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11. Sommer Camp Road - jasper, opal |
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12. Bruneau Woodpile - petrified wood |
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13. Hagerman Fossil Beds - fossils viewing |
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14. Rabbit Spring - fluorescent thundereggs |
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15. Texas Spring (Nevada) - petrified wood |
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16. City of Rocks and Little City of Rocks - geologic features |
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17. Fir Grove Mountain - agate, hyalite |
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18. Dismal Swamp - topaz, smoky quartz |
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19. Cold Spring Creek - agate, jasper |
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20. Ovid / Liberty - trilobites |
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21. China Hat - fluorescent rhyolite |
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Collecting Information |
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Color Photo Supplement |
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Collecting Tools |
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22. Bitch Creek - quartz |
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23. Cinder Butte - gem feldspar |
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24. Spencer Opal Mine - precious opal |
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25. Lidy Hot Springs - cristobalite |
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26. Lime Creek - Pass Creek - agate, jasper |
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27. Mackay - copper minerals, garnet, magnetite |
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28. Chilly Cemetery - calcite |
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29. Little Fall Creek - quartz, molybdenite |
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30. Lone Pine Peak - agate, jasper |
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31. Lime Creek - agate, jasper, geodes |
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32. Road Creek - agate, jasper, geodes, amethyst |
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33. Herd Creek - agate, geodes |
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34. Daugherty Gulch - fluorite |
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35. Pat's Creek - agate |
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36. Williams Creek - jasper |
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37. Hells Canyon Dam - red tuff, flowerstone prophyry |
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38. Homestead, Oregon - red tuff, greenstone |
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39. Seven Devils Mining District - epidote, garnet, chrysocolla |
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40. Sloans Point - garnet, epidote, quartz |
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41. Burgdorf - Ruby Meadows, Quartz Mountain - sapphire, quartz |
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42. Ruby Rapids - garnet |
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43. Slate Creek - analcime, natrolite, chabazite |
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44. Cottonwood - siderite |
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45. Woodrat Mountain - kyanite |
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46. Muscovite Mine - mica, tourmaline |
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47. Fossil Bowl - leaf, insect, fish fossils |
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48. Emerald Creek - star garnet |
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49. Freezeout Mountain - kyanite, almandine |
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50. Crater Peak - almandine |
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51. Goat Mountain - kyanite, almandine |
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52. O'Donnell Creek - quartz |
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53. Bathtub Mountain - staurolite |
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54. Sierra Silver Mine Tour |
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55. Crystal Gold Mine Tour |
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Collecting Sites - Montana | |
56. Blacktail Deer Creek - fossils |
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57. Clark Canyon Reservoir - fossils, chert |
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58. Regal Mine - soapstone / talc |
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59. Treasure Mine - soapstone / talc |
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60. Sweetwater Creek - wonderstone |
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61. Warm Springs Creek - fossils |
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62. Ruby Reservoir - garnets |
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63. Red Rock Mine - garnets |
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64. Alder Gulch Gold - gold |
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65. Ennis Pass - garnets, feldspar |
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66. Revenue Flat - quartz, feldspar |
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67. Big Sky - fossils |
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68. Storm Castle Creek - chert |
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69. Bulldozer Creek - feldspar |
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70. Cedar Creek - petrified wood, agate |
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71. Gardiner - travertine |
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72. Beartooth Highway - chromite, serpentine, feldspar |
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73. Crystal Lake - fossils |
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74. Judith Peak - quartz |
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75. Arrow Creek - calcite, barite, gypsum, fossils |
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76. Canyon Ferry Lake - petrified wood, agate, jasper |
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77. Spokane Bar - sapphires |
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78. Craig-Hardy - augite |
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79. Montana City - chert |
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80. Strawberry Butte - topaz |
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81. Indian Head Rock - barite |
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82. Whitehouse Campground - barite |
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83. Homestake Pass - Delmoe Lake - smoky quartz, feldspar, tourmaline |
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84. Rader Creek - Toll Mountain - smoky quartz, feldspar |
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85. Bald Mountain - diopside, garnet |
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86. Butte - Mining History |
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87. Dewey - calcite |
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88. Crystal Park - quartz |
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89. Calvert Hill - epidote, garnet, quartz |
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90. Gem Mountain - sapphires |
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91. Rattler Gulch - fossils |
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92. Snowbird Mine - parisite, fluorite, quartz |
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93. Pat's Gulch - garnet, epidote |
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94. Kading Campground - agate, geodes |
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95. Coopers Lake - pyrite, limonite ps. after pyrite |
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96. Blackfoot River - agate, jasper |
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97. Fishtrap Creek - trilobites |
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98. Libby Creek - gold |
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99. Martin Creek - Olney - limonite ps. after pyrite |
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Appendices | |
Information Sources |
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Glossary |
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Bibliography |
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Mineral Locator Index |
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