Rock Hounds rock hounding. We always recommend that rock hounds start at the Museum ofGeology at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. http://www.rosyinn.com/5600a09.htm
Eco-Peers: Unit 8: Community Connection rock Detectives Ranger Ricks Naturescope geology - The Active Earth; rockHounding in Vermont by Dr. Doll and Mrs. Schedule. rock Mobile activity. http://www.lakechamplaincenter.org/subpg/basincurr/ecop_8c.htm
Extractions: Resources/Materials Procedure This is a series of lessons that will prepare students to get ready for the culminating open house. The main project will be a Rock Mobile where they gather information about different rocks and prepare a hanging display of pictures and writing that describes the rocks in Vermont and what we can learn from them.
Posters And Papers 4. *geology and Natural Hazards, A listing of some major tragic and rock Houndingin Newfoundland, Information on rock collecting, modified from the Newfoundland http://www.geosurv.gov.nf.ca/education/frepub97.html
Extractions: Survey Sections Posters and Papers TITLE DESCRIPTION PAGES Minerals and You Did you Know? Some interesting facts about minerals in everyday life, and the Province's and Nation's mineral industry Gold Modified from a United States Department of the Interior publications (1978). Updated 1991. Importance of Industrial Minerals Copied from California Geology (October,1989) Minerals in our daily lives From morning to night minerals, rocks and their byproducts are part of your day (1993). Minerals (what are) Where do minerals come from? What is underground and open pit mining? Why is processing important? How are minerals used? (copied from U.S. Geological Survey in association with SME) Your House Comes Out of a Mine. Mineral usage within the home (Copied from SME) Exploration and Mining (and Quarrying) *Dimension stone in Newfoundland and Labrador Defines dimension stone, lists and describes some of its uses, and the active quarries in Newfoundland and Labrador, by J. Meyer and A. Hogan (1994). Exploration (A Summary of) in Newfoundland and Labrador Regional summary of the past year's mineral exploration in the Province. Updated annually.
Where Can I Collect Landscaping Rock? - Utah Geological Survey For rock hounding information consult Rules and Regulations Regarding rock, Mineral,and Fossil Collecting in Utah (PI23), available for free from the Natural http://www.ugs.state.ut.us/surveynotes/gladasked/gladscaperock.htm
Extractions: ugs online publications survey notes glad you asked / landscaping rock by Mark Milligan and William F. Case Collecting Areas Zebra rock from Millard County, Utah. Landscaping rock or "decorative stone" can be collected from "common use areas" or "community pits" on U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands in various locations across the state. Common-use areas/community pits are for noncommercial or small-scale collection and require a permit. The rules and stipulations for collecting vary from region to region and pit to pit. Blasting is generally not allowed, but some pits allow the use of heavy equipment. Other pits or areas only allow hand loading or excavating. Quartzite from Box Elder County, Utah. For details on obtaining a permit, call the appropriate permitting office listed in the accompanying table. Local offices may refer to such permits as "special use permits," "mineral material permits," or "over the counter sales."
Chamber Of Commerce The geology of the area is interesting as are the finds rock houndingis highly rated as a day trip and family outing. Thunder eggs. http://www.prineville-crookcounty.org/chamber/chamb_tourism_county.cfm
Extractions: The Bowman Dam is 20 miles from Prineville. The rolled earth and rock filled dam impounds Prineville reservoir, which was built for irrigation and flood control. The reservoir has become popular year round for bass fishing (and stories about the one that got away!) For information on the Prineville Reservoir State Park, call 541-447-4363 or visit the Oregon State Parks website at www.oregonstateparks.org www.odfw.state.or.us BLM Land The Bureau of Land Management Prineville District oversees over 1.65 million acres of public lands. Explore these lands and you may find ruts carved deep, and tree scarstraces of the historic Oregon Trail. The BLM office can provide you with guides to camping, hiking, riding, biking, recreating and hunting on BLM lands. Phone: 541-416-6700 or log onto Crooked River Grasslands The rolling grassland is part of our National Forest system and is managed to provide habitat for antelope, deer, and upland game. In the midst of the arid high desert, you will find yourself in a wetland environment of ponds and springs, creating an oasis. Rimrock Springs viewpoint and trail shows this habitat. The trail loops up around the hilltop for panoramic views of the Cascade Range. Phone: 541-475-9272 or visit the Ochoco-Deschutes National Forest Service website for Central Oregon at
Rock Canyon Recreation Canyon whether it be hiking, backpacking, horseback riding, walking, jogging, mountainbiking, camping, spelunking, rock climbing, rock hounding, bird watching http://geologyindy.byu.edu/ftrips/rc/recreat.htm
Extractions: Rock Canyon Recreation Camping R ock Canyon Campground sits at an elevation of 6,950 feet above sea level. The campground can be accessed via Rock Canyon trail which ascends from an elevation of 5,100 feet up to the campground which is located at almost 7,000 feet.. The campground may also be accessed via Squaw Peak Road. This road is paved for 4.6 miles and unpaved for 5 miles. It has four group sites with a total capacity of 225 people. Facilities include fire pits, restrooms, picnic tables, and drinking water. The campground is operated by the U.S. Forest Service. Camping is allowed in designated sites only. If you are planning on camping, please remember to take care of the camp site before you leave. Group site camping reservations for the 45 and 90 person limit sites can be made through SNL Services at 1-800-280-2267. Reservations are taken beginning June 30 th , and must be made at least five days in advance. The maximum stay is 14 days for all group sites. The 45 person capacity site is $48.99/day. The 90 person capacity site is $97.99/day. Both sites require a $16.50 reservation fee at the time of reservation. Hunting A s stated above, the males of the deer family have antlers. Deer and elk are coveted for their meat and their beautiful rack of antlers. Because
Arkansas Is A 'gold Mine' For Rock Hounds - Publications - Farm Burea Ive got a geology degree and just Ron Coleman, however, thinks people like rockhounding for more basic reasons, too. It may be the thrill of the search. http://www.arfb.com/publications/front_porch/may2001/kmrockmay01.asp
Extractions: rock´ hound´, Informal 1. a geologist. 2. a person who collects rocks as a hobby. To my surprise there are thousands, if not millions of "rock hounds" across this vast country of ours, and many of them seem to make their way to the Natural State in search of "precious stones." With the first day of spring, many of these enthusiasts begin to migrate to Arkansas to dig in one of the states renowned quartz-crystal mines. If you ever drive out Arkansas Highway 270 just west of Hot Springs, you pass by Wrights Rock Shop. Ive done this numerous times, but until I began research for this article, Id never stopped to see what they have inside. Its more than just a "rock shop." Although owner Chris Wright says its not a museum, the shop includes a fascinating collection of mineral and fossil specimens from around the world. Hes been collecting rocks since he was 9 months oldand owning his own shop had always been a dream. "I opened the shop after I had knee surgery in 1979," Wright says, "and in the years since, it has grown to be one of the largest of its kind in the world."
Extractions: The Crater of Diamonds is the most highly visited State Park in Arkansas. A must on your list of rockhounding sites to visit! Chapter 3, page 5 Current Status : open every day C RATER OF DIAMONDS State Park is one of the few parks in the country that caters to rockhounds! And the only site where you can pay a small fee and keep any diamond and other lapidary materials you collect in the world. Geology Around 100 million years ago, the lazy southern coastline in what is now central Pike County, AR, suddenly exploded, creating a crater some 80 acres in size. After this eruption, small pyroclastic cones developed in the crater and spewed out ash and lapilli (small molten rock fragments), in the photo. Some of the ash mixed with sediments from the adjacent Trinity Formation, forming lake sediments on the east margin of the crater and at scattered sites across the depression. Then came a magma from deep in the earth, filling part of the depression with a lava lake. This sequence of events took awhile, but only a wink of an eye in geologic time. A diamond storehouse The lamproite breccia tuff that formed in the explosion carried diamonds from deep in the earth (in the upper mantle) and rapidly brought these crystals to the surface. Although the lamproite magma originated from the same depth, it moved slowly enough for the magma to resorb the diamonds. Hence, it is not considered a source of diamonds at the site, either in the rock or the soil developed from it. Recent exploration demonstrated that there are some 78.5 million tons of diamond-bearing rock to sort through, so it will be awhile before the tourists and rockhounds deplete this diamond storehouse!
The News (Those of you who would like to know more about pegmatite veins visit http//geology.csupomona.edu/drjessey/class HAPPYROCK hounding. Posted by Don Davidson. http://home.wnclink.com/gemmine/news.htm
Extractions: CAROLINA EMERALD MINE EXCAVATES, BETWEEN 500 AND 600 TONS OF GEM BEARING PEGMATITE October 2 2002, 4:15 pm The first weekend of March we brought in an excavation company for two days to explore one of the three zoned pegmatite veins we have identified to date. Two years prior excavation of this pegmatite vein was ceased. Even when a 90 lbs jack- hammer was used the work was dangerous and the hardness of the vein made headway extremely slow. During this time there wasnt a day that went by I didnt think about the Emeralds and Aquamarines along with other numerous types of crystals we had removed from the vein. So armed with a hammer hoe unit weighting 50,000 lbs and a smaller track hoe about half the size, we set out towards exploring the vein as much as possible over the next two days. The larger of the two hoes had to be rented a week in advance and as luck would have it we had a constant light rain all the first day. The first day we chose an area 30 by 30 to break up the vein and then remove the material and carte to our flume site. Before this only a small area of the vein had been excavated to a depth of 2 1/2 . Early in the morning we soon realized that trying to inspect the material was next to impossible because the rain would mix with the decomposed mica schist and the vein material was covered a course mud. The pegmatite vein was removed to a depth of 5 where it turned to a layer of mica schist. The schist layer was approximately 2 deep and beneath this was an second layer of pegmatite aprox. 4 deep. During the first day we would stop working periodically to inspect the clean breaks of the vein. We saw moonstone, garnets, beryllium and one time two small broken emerald in a piece of pegmatite, work stopped for the day at 5:30 pm, we were all wet, tired and cold.
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Links For Mineralogists Roger Suthren, Department of geology, Oxford Brookes University Planets. Anintroduction to the various aspects of metamorphic geology. http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/mineralogie/links.html
Extractions: Doug K. Tinkham Metamorphic Petrology , University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa: High-Temperature Tectonothermal History Across the Wenatchee Block, Cascades Crystalline Core, Washington: Metamorphic Phase Equilibria and Garnet Sm-Nd Chronology Jill Banfield Gems and Minerals Photograph Gallery Academic Careers Online . A global database of career opportunities. Academic Careers Online includes teaching and administrative jobs ranging from Pre-Kindergarten through colleges and universities. Frank S. Spear , Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, and Matthew J. Kohn , Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Trace element zoning in garnet as a monitor of dehydration melting in pelites Steve Juggins , The Department of Geography, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: The software link to download . C2 (program for exploring species - environment relationships, developing transfer functions, and plotting
Nature Of The Northwest Learn about the current research findings of the geology of the Northwest.Many rocks and minerals may be collected from Northwest lands. http://www.naturenw.org/geology.htm
Extractions: >> Find Products Here Books Maps Passes and Permits Software View Cart/Checkout Field Trips Rock Hounding Learn about the current research findings of the Geology of the Northwest. Many rocks and minerals may be collected from Northwest lands. Earthquakes Landslides Find out what makes earthquakes in the Northwest. Learn about the conditions that produce landslides. The geology of the Pacific Northwest is varied, and its expression in the landscape is a major factor in the scenic beauty of this region. The Pacific Northwest landscape has been shaped by plate tectonics and millions of years of volcanic activity. Visitors will find many opportunities to examine the scenic geology and see and collect samples of rocks, minerals and fossils. Contact Us
Rockhounding In Science > Earth Sciences > Geology in collecting and working with gems, minerals, jewelry, geology, and fossils. Rockhounding site featuring photos of gem and mineral specimens collected in the http://ilectric.com/browse/web/Science/Earth_Sciences/Geology/Rocks_and_Minerals
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Extractions: In the last century the human race has done unrepairable damage to our home. If you don't believe me, just look at sixty reasons why we must stop the abuse now!....Each and every one of us has a responsibility to our Mother the Earth, and to ourselves, to our children, an to each other to help in anyway we can. You know what to do. Do it!
