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WRT Stonetree Opal Mine
Denio, NV US
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Uploaded on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 06:31:47 PM
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Location Type: Private Property

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Precious black, crystal, jelly, fire, conk, and other opal types. The site, along with adjoining mines totaling 206 acres, is a privately owned and operated unpatented group of mining claims. Members of the general public are allowed to visit the claims and to see the famous 30 ft. petrified log which is a landmark fossil belonging to the United States. No rockhounding or collecting is allowed on the claims, but taking photographs is OK. The areas outside of the valid claims have also produced both common and precious opal as well as petrified wood. Check with the Humboldt County Recorder in Winnemucca and BLM for a listing of active mining claims in the area before collecting.	more information and directions can be found at this website: www.dominionopalmines.com.

Details

Directions

Precious black, crystal, jelly, fire, conk, and other opal types. The site, along with adjoining mines totaling 206 acres, is a privately owned and operated unpatented group of mining claims. Members of the general public are allowed to visit the claims and to see the famous 30 ft. petrified log which is a landmark fossil belonging to the United States. No rockhounding or collecting is allowed on the claims, but taking photographs is OK. The areas outside of the valid claims have also produced both common and precious opal as well as petrified wood. Check with the Humboldt County Recorder in Winnemucca and BLM for a listing of active mining claims in the area before collecting.

more information and directions can be found at this website: www.dominionopalmines.com.

GPS Coordinates (lat,long): (41° 51' 41"N, 119° 2' 36"W)
or (41.861388, -119.043333)
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Reference Info: www.dominionopalmines.com
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