Comments on: How to use GemTrails.com http://gemtrails.com Rockhounds: Share your Gem Trails experiences. Keep rockhounding fun. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:19:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: peach107 http://gemtrails.com/how-to-use-this-site/comment-page-1/#comment-42 peach107 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:19:02 +0000 http://gemtrails.com/?page_id=113#comment-42 A couple of years ago we decided to take a tour of all of the national parks in Utah. I had just gotten into rock/mineral collecting and decided to look for a few samples along the way. In my searches, I had found references to the book, “Gem Trails of Utah”. I bought a copy off of EBAY and away we went. On our zigzag course of Utah we hit at least 13 of the sites listed within. We returned to Wisconsin with samples of Amethyst, Agates, Petrified Wood, Trilobites, Jasper, Sunstones, Selenite, Fossilized Oyster Shells, Basalt, Obsidian, Opal and more. For us, all of the directions seemed to be exact on. Somebody did his homework. We had absolutely no problems finding any of the 13 sites. Here is a list of those sites. Looking Glass Road, Silver City, Hells Backbone, Fremont River, Blue Flats, Caineville, Panguitch, Brian Head, Cedar Canyon, Delta Trilobite Quarry, Clear Lake, Marysvale and Parowan. Our favorite was the Delta Trilobite site. I guarantee you won’t leave here empty handed. 20 miles down a gravel road sounds rough, but it wasn’t that bad of a ride in our Ford Fusion. It was well worth the trip. Even though “all” of the sites produced, Clear Lake and Silver City get honorable mention as we had so much fun there. Crawling on our knees in the rain at Clear Lake and chasing rattlers at Silver City was a blast. I have 21 months until retirement and a move to Arizona. I have already ordered “Gem Trails of Arizona” and will have another route all planned out by the time I get there. Can’t wait. Also, I found a rock at the silver city site that 3 local rock shops (in Utah) had no idea what it was. It contained thin sedimentary layers alternating from white to gray, which fluoresced when checked at 1 of the shops. Even the Geology professor at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay had no idea what it was. A couple of years ago we decided to take a tour of all of the national parks in Utah. I had just gotten into rock/mineral collecting and decided to look for a few samples along the way. In my searches, I had found references to the book, “Gem Trails of Utah”. I bought a copy off of EBAY and away we went. On our zigzag course of Utah we hit at least 13 of the sites listed within. We returned to Wisconsin with samples of Amethyst, Agates, Petrified Wood, Trilobites, Jasper, Sunstones, Selenite, Fossilized Oyster Shells, Basalt, Obsidian, Opal and more. For us, all of the directions seemed to be exact on. Somebody did his homework. We had absolutely no problems finding any of the 13 sites. Here is a list of those sites. Looking Glass Road, Silver City, Hells Backbone, Fremont River, Blue Flats, Caineville, Panguitch, Brian Head, Cedar Canyon, Delta Trilobite Quarry, Clear Lake, Marysvale and Parowan. Our favorite was the Delta Trilobite site. I guarantee you won’t leave here empty handed. 20 miles down a gravel road sounds rough, but it wasn’t that bad of a ride in our Ford Fusion. It was well worth the trip. Even though “all” of the sites produced, Clear Lake and Silver City get honorable mention as we had so much fun there. Crawling on our knees in the rain at Clear Lake and chasing rattlers at Silver City was a blast.
I have 21 months until retirement and a move to Arizona. I have already ordered “Gem Trails of Arizona” and will have another route all planned out by the time I get there. Can’t wait.
Also, I found a rock at the silver city site that 3 local rock shops (in Utah) had no idea what it was. It contained thin sedimentary layers alternating from white to gray, which fluoresced when checked at 1 of the shops. Even the Geology professor at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay had no idea what it was.

]]> By: livewire http://gemtrails.com/how-to-use-this-site/comment-page-1/#comment-39 livewire Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:12:37 +0000 http://gemtrails.com/?page_id=113#comment-39 Oregon update: I've been informed by the Gem Guides folks that site #97 of the Oregon book, which is Little River, is now closed. There is no legal access to the Little River at this site. I don't know if that's new, or if there never was. -Garret Oregon update:
I’ve been informed by the Gem Guides folks that site #97 of the Oregon book, which is Little River, is now closed. There is no legal access to the Little River at this site. I don’t know if that’s new, or if there never was.

-Garret

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