Amethyst Mine Trailhead Western Colorado

Hey guys, so in this video we were trying to go to a location i found online to dig for Amethyst crystals but we weren't sure were were in the correct location due to my maps not downloading correctly. We just decided to continue the path and see where it took us. Luckily it took us where we were wanting to go. Ended up finding lots of river/creek tumbled Fluorite crystals, some were mixed with Malachite and Azurite. It is on BLM Land but be careful there are claims in area. We had a interesting trip taking the riverbed back down. If you take the creek bed down to the road you will run across many drop offs ranging from 10 foot to 60 foot drops. So if you chose to take that route it will be an intense hike for you. The trail is about a 45 min hike compared to 3 hour hike by river.
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[@kellyharper367]

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Beautiful finds. I especially like the tiny fluorite with tiny amethyst crystals on it!! Great for a tiny spec collection.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Their also great to make jewelry from as well. I appreciate you checking out my content.

[@judeefitch5751]

Just a word to the wise. You dont always want to take the creek beds. Some will get you lost. A mistake that could cause you damage if not death. Otherwise, have fun stay safe. Always make sure you are in public lands that allow removal of gems/minerals. And please leave the land like you found it.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

100% agree. It’s been years since I’ve been to this location but I fully agree. No more creeks lol. Always fill in any holes dug, take out what you take in. Leave no trace.. See trash pick it up. Do extra research to make sure your not on private land or claims.

[@katherinedoughty839]

Wow! That certainly was an epic adventure...but you found some simply awesome finds. Love the amethyst crystals on the flourite! Both my favourites. Stay cool🙃👍🦘

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Glad you enjoyed, those are my favorite as well. I actually went back last week and found a lot more way better specimens. Will be a future video

[@katherinedoughty839]

Awesome!.. good for you👍 Look forward to seeing them!

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Terrible samples my friend, keep it up !! This is the wild beauty of nature !! Congratulations !!

[@rockersfromaz3001]

I thought they were pretty amazing! I didn’t see anything terrible with what they found!

[@greggorsantonio4542]

Country Jam...Grand J....Oh the memories, but the Fossil hunting almost everywhere under the Grand Mesa was EPIC....heck the rocks around one of the golf courses we shot where awesome. Plus i found close to 100 balls that day. People dont go after missed hits....snakes of the rattley kind were present.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

I love fossils so I will check it out. Any particular areas you would recommend?

[@greggorsantonio4542]

@@RockHoundingAdventures Dude where you are at is epic. But from what i can call from memory is....the area where they ride that Enduro "hair scrabble". You can see it from the hyway on the right, like 10 mi out as your getting close to Gra J. heading south. Plus all that area around the base of the Gra Mesa. Im from canon city, colo. But went to country jam 11 years in a row, 20 some years ago. Im 50yrs old now, and haven't been back since, but i can recall playing golf every year we went and we pkayed at one where there was a hole set atop a chimney type cliff. You had to walk across a rope bridge to get on the green. If you missed the green your ball fall like 100 below. But heck i left there with all kinds of shells, bone frags, pointed teeth (aquatic) coral. If you want dino....then you need to come visit me or head to Vernal UT. Not to far from ya. Ive worked construction most of my adult life and in evey state thus side of the mississipp. I could write a 1000 pg book of places to go abd places tgat were good but now picked out. But your style us what works...if for whatever reason a place calls out to you....Obey and go to it when you can spend some time. If you research an area of interest, hit me up and pick my brain. No shit, nearly 30+ years of hounding, ive got stashes in 12 states. Returned to one in kingman az 9 years later and found every pile. Cherry picked it of course, cause you cant road trip in a 5T dumptruck...HAHA....OK ILL SHUT UP NOW, CAPS JUST TOOK A SHYT, SORRY NOT YELLIN AT YA..ok got the caps fuxed MY # IS....sevenuno9dosoct969foruno....got it? Greg

[@seashoremudlark3916]

I had motion sickness wen u looked down...so real. glad u guys r alright 👍pretty rocks... my fave color is green

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Any time I come across rocks that are that green jolly rancher color their hard to pass up lol.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Cool finds!!! Love finding mineral combos.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Rockhounding Life yeah that’s the best

[@victoriabriseno1846]

That first one fluorite with Quartz😍😍 beautiful.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Victoria Briseno agreed, went back today and found more w/amethyst

[@craignash7519]

Some great finds there. They really cleaned up nicely!

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

craig nash I agree they did. Went back out there today

[@foxenstinevon.gaming12]

I’ve actually been over to the mine (I know this is way late) but I was about a year ago, sadly both mines had to be caved in but it exposed the upper portion of the amethyst vein, which has that green fluorite on top, it was fun to pull some pieces form the source

[@kanerockhound8148]

Last i read the mines were active but that was years ago. Are the claims expired and the mines stopped?

[@jenniferberry1863]

@@kanerockhound8148 there is a few active mine sites in that area! With surveillance cameras watching you. I personally know one of the mine claim owners, nice guy, unless you trespass.

[@kanerockhound8148]

@@jenniferberry1863 would love so much to know people like that. Been a dream to get out there.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

That would be cool to pull some out from the source. Isn't the Nancy Hanks mine on private land? I've seen it way back up there while I was hiking.. it would be cool to go in and check it out but I don't trespass.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

@@kanerockhound8148 there is a few active claims back in there. If you check out the app called Gaia GPS and pay for the premium account ($40) it has a layer to add to the maps that shows all active and inactive mines/claims.. i use the app to find new places to hunt.

[@cptnkaos5994]

Amazing finds, loved the video. The walk back looked very nasty

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Thanks for watching, if you take the creek bed down like we did in this video it's pretty nasty lol.. the trail we came up on not so bad. .

[@isabellacanada3411]

Love this! Going to see Trevor Hall (love the song you chose) at Red Rocks this weekend and maybe we can stop here coming home!

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Super cool, hope the concert was a good show. Did you stop by on your way back?

[@conative6517]

I did the exact same thing here except I decided to come back down about 15 min after dark. What a mistake that was. Flashlight died about 50 yds down and I thought for sure I was either going to fall off a cliff and die or get bit by a rattle snake. Haha.

[@WorldofRockhounds]

Nice supply list!

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

World of Rock Hounds thanks, there are few more things I need to add

[@SladeInColorado]

Cool man. Missing one critical tool - chopsticks

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Slade Bressie what do you mean by chopsticks lol?

[@SladeInColorado]

@@RockHoundingAdventures chopsticks are perfect for digging out crystals. A sifter works good too for that stuff.

[@buckshot458]

Oh man i have to go now!

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Haven’t been back in over a year but still lots of great stuff to find. Rock on and good luck hunting 🤘😁

[@prestyy]

Man... will have to look into grand junction next time i go!

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

UnprestigedMC that is a good spot. My next video you should watch. It will be part two when I get it uploaded next week. I went back yesterday and found a bunch more cool material with some small amethyst.

[@Steven-Andrew]

I can't believe you didn't mention the small pieces of gold on a few of those nice specimens. In fact cripple creek has tons of gold associated with Amethyst quarts veins and also has calaverite.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

So I haven't seen any gold in the area. The gold color you see is actually chalcopyrite which is a copper iron sulfide mineral normally found with copper ore, and this area is in the copper mining district. One day soon when I have to go to colorado springs I'd like to stop by Cripple Creek for some panning and rockhounding. Thanks for watching

[@Cliffwalkerrockhounding]

Does that creek have a season when it runs? Thats when I would go to that place, the scenery would be great with a bit of water. I am also surprised there is still colour in that float flourite, the sun bleaches it out with exposure. Did you check its glow under UV?

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

I’m not sure, maybe in the spring to early summer when it rains a lot, I would have to ask a local there. Most of the fluorite in under the dirt. Yes, most of it glows a neon blue.

[@proukraineanticommie4509]

Didnt make it to the mine i see though. Its a two day trip to get a good feel of the area.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

I’ve been there a few times since I made this video. It’s one of my favorites. The mine is actually on private property. Thanks for watching 🤘

[@lindboknifeandtool]

I live in junction. Check out “opal hill” in fruita.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Opal Hill is a beautiful place, but a heads up.. it’s off limits to collecting minerals because it’s part of the McInnis Canyon National Conservation Area which is protected.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Always do research before hunting a new location, Rock On 🤘😜

[@Vasiliskia]

Pfffft research smeasearch just bring cash for bribery money and you'll be good it's Mesa County ffs 🙊🙉🙈

[@jamiejeeper]

Dont know if you guys went back to that location ever, but if you go up the canyon till you come to the washed out hill and the large mined out area there are lots of crystals in the dirt.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Oh yeah I’ve been back a few times, actually just did a recent video there last month. Do you know the coordinates? I’ve done most of my hunting in the in the wash/creek.

[@andrewstringer3088]

Where is this?

[@thirstfast1025]

Is there somewhere nearby where the granite contacts the sandstone? In the vicinity of the veins? Around here those contacts are very productive for amethyst. Honestly, it seems like the area you're in might yield better fluorite specimens if you can find some vugs and get into cubes. I read a few of the comments and saw that you'd gone back and found more, I look forward to seeing it! I love seeing what others find for amethyst! Cheers!

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Thirst Fast hey man, thanks for watching... I didn’t see any areas where the sandstone and granite met. I did go back and dug in the Creek bed and found better specimens then the this trip out. The Amethyst I found were more tiny chips, broken pieces, or small crystals formed on small seamed Fluorite. I plan on going back a 3rd time in about a month or so with some shovels and shifters.

[@thirstfast1025]

@@RockHoundingAdventures Best of luck!

[@manisteerocks7092]

This video is awesome!!...I'm making my critical tool list as we speak,.. definitely an area I want to investigate. Important question tho,..being from Michigan,will I get altitude sickness?..kinda important...lemme know

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Nice, no you shouldn’t it’s not that high up, looking at the topo map of this area the election is about 6800 feet above sea level. I always carry a Oxygen Booster with me just in case of a rare circumstance.

[@jenniferberry1863]

I'd say the altitude is attune 5500

[@manisteerocks7092]

@@jenniferberry1863 this was a year ago..I went and had an awesome time. Now on the other hand, the heat was just awful. Was like 112 the day we hiked Nancy hanks gulch. And even hotter in bangs canyon. Was a trip I'll never forget. Good friend, good times.

[@bigmoney3405]

Nice finds the sound was hard to hear.

[@tonitouchberry894]

Ok! You got me! What kind of banded snake was that? The first one looked like a rattler? But that banded one has me puzzled? Other wise - wish I was there, rock hunting with you!

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

I think those were gardner snakes or bull snakes. But I could be wrong lol its been a while since I was there. Out of the state the most poisonous snakes all can be found in the National Monument area.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Thanks for watching

[@ShiftnStyle]

Was the green Amazonite ?

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

It’s green fluorite. Thanks for watching

[@Js_seafoods]

I been in that area if your going back soon let me know I have some better spots

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Definitely, I near there yesterday looking for new spots. Didn’t find much. I was thinking of going back next week to see if can find more fluorite. If you have any spots you don’t mind sharing you can send to my email: rock_hounding_adventures@ yahoo.com If I am able to make a new video that would be cool but I also respect when people share spots I won’t name the location in the video.

[@Js_seafoods]

@@RockHoundingAdventures sent u a email

[@ebear6555]

Where is this location? Would like to take a ride there

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Look up Nancy Hanks Gulch in the WhiteRiver district.

[@ebear6555]

@@RockHoundingAdventures thank you

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

@@ebear6555 did you ever make it out?

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

@@ebear6555 well when you go let me know how it is out there. I haven't been in years.