
Rockhounding Oregon
by Lars W. Johnson
Rockhounding Oregon
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| Acknowledgments |
viii
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| Introduction |
1
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| Oregon's Geology |
2
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| Oregon Rockhounding |
4
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| Rockhounding Basics |
5
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| Collecting Regulations |
6
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| Tools and Supplies |
8
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| Top Ten Oregon Rockhounding Sites |
10
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| How To Use This Book |
11
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| Map Legend |
14
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| Rockhounding Sites | |
| 1. Beneke Creek |
15
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| 2. Nehalem River |
19
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| 3. Goble |
22
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| 4. Short Beach |
24
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| 5. Cedar Butte |
27
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| 6. Jones Creek |
30
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| 7. Wilson River |
32
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| 8. Lolo Pass |
34
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| 9. Clackamette Park |
37
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| 10. Clackamas River |
39
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| 11. Fish Creek |
41
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| 12. Collawash River |
43
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| 13. North Santiam River |
46
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| 14. Thomas Creek |
49
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| 15. Boulder Creek |
52
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| 16. Ames Creek |
54
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| 17. Holleywood Ranch |
56
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| 18. Calapooia River |
59
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| 19. Gold Hill |
61
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| 20. Moolack Beach |
63
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| 21. Cummings Creek / Neptune State Park |
67
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| 22. Big Creek / Roosevelt Beach |
69
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| 23. John Day River |
71
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| 24. Fossil |
74
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| 25. Priday Polka-Dot Agate |
76
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| 26. Richardson's Rock Ranch |
78
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| 27. Rooster Rock |
81
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| 28. Lucky Strike |
84
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| 29. Whistler Springs |
87
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| 30. White Fir |
89
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| 31. White Rock |
92
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| 32. Ochoco Reservoir |
95
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| 33. Fischer Canyon |
97
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| 34. Bear Creek |
99
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| 35. Eagle Rock |
102
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| 36. Maury Mountain |
104
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| 37. Congleton Hollow |
106
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| 38. Dendrite Butte |
109
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| 39. Smokey Butte |
111
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| 40. Hampton Butte |
114
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| 41. Delintment Lake |
117
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| 42. Little Glass Butte |
119
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| 43. Arbuckle Mountain |
123
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| 44. Grande Ronde River - South |
126
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| 45. Middle Fork John Day River |
128
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| 46. Greenhorn |
130
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| 47. Coyote Point |
132
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| 48. Eagle Creek |
135
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| 49. Cornucopia |
138
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| 50. Snake River (Homestead) |
140
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| 51. Lime |
142
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| 52. Grande Ronde River - North |
144
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| 53. Imnaha River |
147
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| 54. Murray Creek |
149
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| 55. Lookout Point Reservoir |
151
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| 56. North Fork Willamette River |
154
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| 57. Bohemia City |
156
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| 58. North Fork Umpqua River |
158
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| 59. Myrtle Creek |
160
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| 60. Riddle |
162
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| 61. South Fork Umpqua River |
164
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| 62. Bullards Beach |
167
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| 63. Rogue River - Orchard Bar |
170
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| 64. Rogue River - Agness |
172
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| 65. Pistol River |
174
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| 66. Chetco River |
176
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| 67. Josephine Creek |
178
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| 68. Althouse Creek |
181
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| 69. Powell Creek |
183
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| 70. Agate Desert |
185
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| 71. Emigrant Lake |
188
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| 72. Rabbit Basin |
190
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| 73. Flook Lake |
194
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| 74. Crane Creek |
197
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| 75. Dry Creek |
199
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| 76. Mud Ridge |
201
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| 77. Harney Lake |
204
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| 78. North Beede Reservoir |
206
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| 79. Stinkingwater |
209
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| 80. Warm Springs Reservoir |
211
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| 81. Beulah Reservoir |
214
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| 82. Cottonwood Creek |
216
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| 83. Skull Springs |
219
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| 84. Vines Hill |
222
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| 85. Negro Rock |
224
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| 86. Twin Springs |
226
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| 87. Haystack Rock |
229
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| 88. Leslie Gulch |
231
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| 89. Rockville |
233
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| 90. Succor Creek |
235
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| 91. Graveyard Point |
238
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| 92. Rome |
242
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| 93. Pike Creek |
246
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| 94. Borax Lake |
249
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| 95. Chalk Canyon |
251
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| 96. Pueblo Mountains |
253
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| 97. McDermitt East |
255
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| 98. McDermitt West |
257
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| Appendix A: Glossary |
261
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| Appendix B: Clubs |
264
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| Appendix C: Museums |
270
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| Appendix D: Rock Shops |
273
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| Bibliography |
277
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| Site Index |
278
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| About the Author |
280
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