The Ridiculous Abundance of Holt Canyon

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

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[@ConnHarrison]

I have followed your posts on Southern Utan Rock Club. My name is Conn Harrison. I am a Special Needs Teacher here in Cedar City. I am currently helping our Post High Students (age 18‐22) operate a student enterprise making Oil Based Stone Candles. I was wondering if you would be interested in showing/telling our students some of your rock collection? Would you be interested in leading our students in finding rock we can slab on a tile saw and use for our Stone Candles (septarian nodes or something similar from around Cedar? I think it would be fantastic if our student could slice them for our candles.

[@charleslupica]

Holt Canyon agate is considered to be among the best agate in Utah. I don’t know the boundaries of the claim but I have found some of the best stuff in the washes at the bottom of the hill, before starting the climb. For whatever reason, the Holt Canyon location isn’t widely known.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It's a very impressive location.

[@raygay3375]

Nice location and great looking material. Sara has a great eye 👁️ ❤

[@mikeladley5149]

Nice to find a place where you can experience lodes of rocks most places can't. I like you have read through many publications, and internet searches of wonderful places to discover so many treasures, and only find a big nothing burger. Some of the best finds may be of a Club's claim and not where word of mouth or dated reference materials say they are. Unfortunately lots of the material with arrows pointing to any given place is old and picked through. Best of luck in Utah, as I've loved the scenery and geology much of the west, especially where you reside now. Thank you for the videos and content. 👍💖

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I see your point, but I disagree. Here on the channel we have gone to hundreds of locations that have been widely talked about and printed in books for decades and have some incredible material.

[@CacklingChick]

12:20 Awesome crystal find!! It looks like it'll be cold there in the winter with that constant wind. ROCK ON!! 😁👍🏻🪨⛏️

[@MadelineRose-ep7fj]

Love the Jasper you found. There is a rockhounder who mines in the Olympics, and KatyDid and the Jensen's on the Yellowstone.😊

[@DanFarrar]

Some amazing looking geology! That split between basalt and non-basalt was crazy. What a fun slurry

[@mariemoss2475]

I dont think I have ever seen you so impressed....what a place 😊

[@CacklingChick]

I meant to add, all those colors are incredible, especially the GREEN rocks. Awesome variety of rocks and colors. Nice location!!

[@largent45]

Wow! It really is everywhere! So much beautiful material and as much as you want for free! I can understand wanting to get it while you can! I would be in heaven! Gorgeous stuff! Great video! Thank you for showing us this great material! Man, I'm loving your move to Utah!❤

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm also loving the move!

[@angeloangelojoseph1494]

Beautiful area near Mtn Meadows, it's one of my favorites. I also like Lytle Ranch, the lowest point in the state. Thanks for posting.

[@AZRockhoundExpeditions]

You found some dang good material! Really diggin’ that Jasper and the tubes!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm very happy with our finds.

[@tott3457]

Once again, I must say thank you ! Your videos provide me the opportunity to be there !!!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I love it!

[@patriciamckean4186]

So many gorgeous rocks, unlimited variety of quality. Those colors are unbelievably nice. The honey hole of rocks! 😊

[@geoffjohnson6555]

It’s been a month since we went with our rock club up in Utah county, but it was one of the best material I’ve ever collected. I’m still going through it, and have been so blown away with some of the stuff I’ve cut and polished already. And the best part is, I’m not much of a rock tumbler, (more of flat lap guy), but we’ve started doing tumble batches of our end cuts because the color and pattern are just out of this world, I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night just putting them in a pile without polishing them. That place is unreal, hoping we can get permission to go back next year. Or like you said, maybe find some washes that are outside of the (enormous) claim

[@r.fusterman1660]

Crazygorgeous superabundance! That haul alone might just keep you busy through your first Utah winter.

[@BackcountrywithShaughn]

Excellent spot with a ton of beautiful goodies to cut and polish! Thanks for bringing us along on the adventure!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@charlenecastaldo3602]

Wow! So much beautiful variety. Nice you're in a club there. Thanks Sara and Jared.

[@cliffmiller1021]

An amazing variety of both color and minerals. The greens always tend to be my favorites, however there were some amazing reds and purple-esk looking ones that struck my fancy. Overall, some great finds.

[@RockyMountainBear]

Definitely a day to remember. The smile on your face says it all. Especially since you're not one to "Ou!" & "Ah!" about every rock you pull out of the ground. I was just listening to you in the background while I work, but had to replay the whole thing, so I could see what you were so excited about. Worth it! Thanks for sharing with us.

[@______IV]

@24:36 That small piece on the right is so cool! It looks like some type of script.

[@shellyfahren1936]

I'm always so amazed to see when ya'll collect from someplace that is many hundreds of miles from me, and you find things that are nearly exact to what I find in my "backyard!" Another great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@amberandrews6842]

Absolutely fantastic treasures you found! Congratulations! Thank you for sharing!

[@MrTurtleMontana]

That's funny... I had just hit the comment button to mention how I don't think I've ever seen you collect with so much excitement and vigor, nor have I seen you fill so many buckets... just as you said you're collecting more than usual (9:40)... LoL! Moving to Cedar seems to have been the perfect place for you guys! Utah looks really good on you two!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

We couldn't be happier with the move.

[@LisaBelleBC]

Wow! Incredible! Thanks for sharing!

[@JouleEon]

Really lucky to live in an area with such excellent material to gather. You can go hounding for the beautiful Tiffany Stone they find in Utah... and of course the stunning Gem Dino.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Someday we will get to those locations.

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@Mike-br8vb]

First of all, if I found one of those, I would be so happy. Seeing and hearing your excitement was so great to watch. Secondly, I think you need a bigger bucket!😂 Thanks for bringing me along on this coolest of cool rock hunts!🙌🏻🍻

[@Bammboo176]

Nice assortment of beautiful rocks there!

[@roman11469]

Fantastic! Really nice material.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@bill-hunter]

I wish that we had rock hounding clubs in the southeast of Scotland. It's unlikely to happen though as we are so sparsely populated. Great video and loads and loads of really nice rocks. I'm a little envious as I'm a jasper fan 😊

[@melainemallory5384]

You should start your own club

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Most clubs just start as a group of friends with a shared interested, maybe that could be a good first step.

[@angeloangelojoseph1494]

@@bill-hunter But Scotland has many, many Clubs that has excellent Whiskey! We Canadians really appreciate that.

[@savagesquirrel9828]

Embarrassment of riches! Wow. It would be hard to quit. I loved the boytroidals and the tubes. Thank you.

[@chrisstrobel3439]

Wow those are some stunning rocks!

[@kylecduncan]

Great terrain with a mother lode of Jasper. If you guys get to California you will have to visit Lavic Siding, east of Barstow. Gorgeous multi-colored jaspers. Another excellent video!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

We will likely get down that way this winter.

[@spetkovsek57]

I can understand taking more than you usually would because you don't know when your next opportunity will come up. That is quite an assortment of different kinds of materials all in one location. It seems like you guys are really enjoying the move with all the trips you've been taking. I hope you are able to get your shop operational again soon too. Having a bunch of new material to work on, but not able to must be frustrating. Oh well, rocks don't decompose very quickly, so there is that.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

The shop is coming along nicely but it's taking up a lot more time than expected but the end is in sight and I think it will be worth the wait. Building a dream shop takes time.

[@Wayne-O-5169]

I am so jealous of your access to “recently” (geologically speaking) active volcanic sites.

[@66bigbuds]

Maybe you need an all terrain wagon. We find tons of jasper, but I haven't found different colors in the same specimen. Like the one you showed where it went from red to yellow in the same piece.

[@merricasem1964]

When Sara put beautiful pieces back down I was yelling at my phone - 😂

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Haha, can't take it all and we don't want it all! :)

[@daveboyer3035]

Matching hoodies- adorbs!

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Sweet spot man, looks like you 2 had a great time

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It was excellent!

[@BrienWood7.3]

Wow... I can't wait until you cut some of those!!! That place really rocks!!

[@DeeDeeDIY]

Amazing stuff!

[@markkilley2683]

Nice finds.

[@Зверь-т6й]

Хорошее место❤Находки разные, красивые❤👍

[@DavidJohansen-nh8px]

If you come up to Utah County I can show you a spot in the Tintic Mining District that is just as plentiful. The jasper colors are more muted but still beautiful.

[@robhansen3486]

I have always wanted to look for jasper but l have never found a good spot.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@charleslupica]

When I lived in Colorado, one of the local clubs maintained a few claims so that the locations would remain open to collecting. I wish the Southern Utah club would do the same. Holt Canyon would have been a good claim to hold, that and a location or two in Cedar.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I agree.

[@erichanson7293]

Amen!

[@shurpie8232]

Can't imagine what the ground looks like after a bit of rain

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I would love to see that.

[@brianmurphy4866]

I think it’s so cool that ur rock hounding with ur partner. May I ask where and how did u meet ? Thanks for producing an awesome channel, I love the work u do and ur knowledge is impressive. What do u do for a living ? Keep up the good work.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Went met each other through an internet dating site a long time ago. I'm happy to say that this is my full-time job now.

[@nickbraun2488]

love this!!!!!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thanks buddy.

[@RaymondMosier-cp6pn]

Love the tubes and bots!

[@gator83261]

Very cool.

[@conservativecyclist783]

What are the online resources that you mentioned at the end of the video that will help rock hounders see mineral claims? MLRS MLRA site? do you have links to those?

[@ResortDog]

All claims and maps have to be filed at the county recorders or state before being sent to BLMs LR2000 system.

[@gregniel]

I've taken hundreds of pounds off that hill. . . . . wish I had been more picky. The really good stuff you have to dig for.

[@jaspagate299]

What microphone do you use? The lack of wind noise was impressive!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

We use one of two systems, here we were using the Rode VideoMicro mic, we also use dual wireless DJI mics.

[@michellekellogg9943]

what is the green

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm not sure.

[@Lowellian1]

I cannot believe your finds!!! I would need a truck load to satisfy my greed!😂

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

A truck load might be a bit much.

[@RU3YJB]

The green stuff could be varicite. Variscite (sp?)

[@Wisconsinrockstalker]

Wow that was some amazing material. Being from Wisconsin just can't get my head around this claiming concept but I do like the idea of blm. Definitely have to get back to utah one of these days. Thanks for sharing your adventures.

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

Like a kid in a candy shop ;-)

[@margosaunders5705]

You say that there are a lot of people there. How did you manage to evade them in the vid?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Just gotta walk further than them.

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

Mail bags come in handy for large pieces.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

That is impractical.

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding It came in handy when my husband refused to carry out of the woods a large piece of dolomite. I couldn't lift it but I got it by dragging it in a mail bag.

[@fredwilson3525]

I hate people that abuse the 1860 mining law to make a claim of a rock hounding site. It will be very doubtful that it will be an economically viable mine, yet they are happy to take away from other rock hounders joy based on the gleam of greed that hits their eye. Not all claims are valid.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I, personally, believe we need to see some reform of the mining laws.

[@fredwilson3525]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding I don’t think reform of a law written in 1860 is happening any time soon… I do like when BLM set aside areas for rockhounding like they did at Glass Buttes. But even there are some claims of questionable legitimacy. The intent of the law was to support economically viable mine development. So the key becomes what is economically viable. If you cannot support you or your family selling jasper from a claim, then I would argue that it is not economically viable, and therefore an invalid claim.

[@Desertdrifters]

Can you give me direction to this place

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

This location is now under claim.

[@BenPetty5]

I told you this is really close to the spot I told you about and had the same Jasper 37.55821, -113.59354 should’ve went there earlier

[@BenPetty5]

My spot is in the national forest

[@BenPetty5]

Maybe the next spot I send you will trust me when I say it’s good

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It's not that we didn't want to go there, we just had a time frame we were working within since we left the dog at home, we couldn't be gone too long.

[@BenPetty5]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding just kidding I know it’s hard to go to all the good sites especially for me when it’s a 4 hour drive. I’m sure you have been to many good places I haven’t. Have you ever tried to get little pieces of Opal from Ryolite? What do you think would be the best method? Or maybe you could do a video on removing pieces from Ryolite and working them