Highway 12 Agate (NM Site 9)

by Jerry on March 25, 2009

Directions: You will have no trouble locating the highway nor the Apache Creek junction and store. The site runs east from the store 7 miles to the village of Aragon.
Google Map

Date: March 2009

Notes: The better road cuts are closer to the Apache Creek store. They are higher and the soil is softer and still shedding rock. As you drive farther east the cuts are in harder sedimentary strata. We only found a couple of decent rocks (one a nice blue-black banded agate) along with a handfull of tumblers. This site requires some patience and luck.

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