| Castle Hot Springs treasures Castle Hot Springs, AZ US Uploaded By Scott (webmaster) Uploaded on Monday, January 16, 2012 at 03:15:37 PM Viewed 15371 times |
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| Here is what the source says: "MORRISTOWN, NE 21.9 mi. on gravel rd. towards Castle Hot Springs: 1) then 1.9 mi. N, park at trail entrance to old mine, walk steeply uphill about 1¼ mi., area: Calcite, Manganite, Pyrolusite, Quartz crystals, etc.; 2) note pegmatite outcrops on roadsides from entrance into mts.: Mica, Garnet, Hornblende, Feldspar and black Tourmaline; 3) area both sides of rd. all the way from Morristown to Castle Hot Springs: agate, chalcedony, chert, jasper and Schorl; 4) Castle Hot Springs (see in Yavapai Co.), (a) in area just above hotel, in creek to S, (b) and in draws off main canyon where stream flows: jasper, agate and quartz crystals; 5) Champie Ranch, go N on road (fee): agate nodules; 6) road from Castle Hot Springs S along the Agua Fria R., prospect anywhere on both sides of rd.: quartz family gemstones abundant. (This entire region is blanketed with cholla cactus, extremely difficult to penetrate, and the best specimens seem invariably to lie under the largest cacti.)" |