Table of Contents
Acknowledgments x
Introduction xi
How to Use This Book xii
Hazards and Precautions xiii
Where You Are Allowed to Collect xix
Rockhounding Ethics xx
Map Legend xxi
Northwestern New Mexico
1 Split Lip Flats 1
2 Farmington Agate 4
3 Cuba Petrified Wood 5
4 Cuba Minerals 7
5 Gallina Alabaster 8
6 Coyote 10
7 Pedernal Peak 12
8 Abiquiu Dam 13
9 Jemez Springs 15
10 Soda Dam 17
11 Jemez Canyon 18
12 Jemez Plateau Alabaster 19
13 Jemez Plateau Obsidian and Moonstone 20
14 US 84 Road Cut (Mile 5.9) 22
15 La Madera Calcite 23
16 La Madera Zeolites 24
17 La Madera Pegmatite 25
18 Highway 519 Agate 26
19 Petaca Pegmatite Mines 28
20 Tres Piedras 29
21 Crownpoint 30
22 Thoreau 32
23 Grants Ridge 33
24 El Malpais National Monument 34
25 Rio Puerco Zeolites and Calcite Crystals 36
26 Rio Puerco Agate and Jasper 37
27 Albuquerque, 98th Street 39
28 Los Lunas 40
Northeastern New Mexico
29 Questa 45
30 Red River 46
31 Highway 38 Lepidolite 47
32 US 64 Rhyolite 49
33 Raton 50
34 Capulin Volcano National Monument 51
35 Clayton Lake State Park 52
36 Harding Pegmatite Mine 53
37 Picuris Mountains 55
38 Pecos 56
39 Terrero (Pecos) Mine 57
40 Rociada 58
41 Mora 61
42 Storrie Lake 62
43 Sandia Crest 63
44 Madrid 65
45 Los Cerrillos Fossils 67
46 Los Cerrillos Turquoise 69
47 Galisteo 70
48 Laguna de Perro 71
49 Sumner Lake 72
50 Santa Rosa 73
Southeastern New Mexico
51 Red Cloud Mines 77
52 Highway 42 Crystals 80
53 Ancho Gulch 81
54 Valley of Fires State Recreation Area 83
55 Lincoln County 84
56 Picacho 85
57 Roswell Pecos Diamonds 86
58 Roswell Selenite 89
59 Dexter 91
60 Rio Felix 92
61 East of Hagerman 93
62 US 82 Road Cut Fossils and Calcite Crystals 94
63 Artesia 95
64 Lovington Banded Limestone 97
65 Hobbs Banded Limestone 99
66 Carlsbad Caverns National Park 100
67 Eddy County 101
Southwestern New Mexico
68 Red Hill 103
69 US 60 Wood 106
70 Zuni Salt Lake Fossils 107
71 Zuni Salt Lake Halite 108
72 Zuni Salt Lake Quartzite and Jasper 109
73 Cimarron Mesa 110
74 Silver Hill 111
75 Bear Mountains 114
76 Riley 115
77 Contreras 117
78 San Lorenzo Arroyo 118
79 Lemitar Mine 120
80 Socorro 123
81 Socorro Peak Mining District 127
82 Luis Lopez Manganese District 128
83 Chupadera Mountains 129
84 Chavez Canyon 130
85 Magdalena Nitt and North Graphic Mines 133
86 Kelly Mine 134
87 Highway 52 Agate 135
88 San Francisco River Agate 135
89 North of Luna 136
90 Big Wash Agates 137
91 Largo Canyon 138
92 Lee Russell Canyon 140
93 Highway 32 Garden Rocks 141
94 Highway 32 Material 142
95 Sand Canyon 144
96 Leggett Peak 145
97 Frisco 147
98 22 Mile Wash 149
99 Pueblo Campground 151
100 Mogollon Road 152
101 Mogollon 154
102 Highway 78 Agate 155
103 State Line Zeolites 156
104 State Line Chalcedony 158
105 Mule Creek 159
106 Little Bear Canyon 160
107 Gila River 164
108 Copperas Peak 166
109 Meerschaum Mining Area 167
110 Bear Mountain Fossils 169
111 Hanover-Fierro Mining Area 171
112 Rabb Canyon 172
113 Kingston 175
114 Chloride Mine 176
115 Truth or Consequences 178
116 Jornada Lakes 181
117 Engle 182
118 Point of Rocks 184
119 Radium Springs 186
120 Rincon Barite Quarry 187
121 Rincon Jasper and Agate 188
122 Rincon Fossils 189
123 Border Chalcedony 190
124 Round Mountain 193
125 Fuller Road Chalcedony 195
126 Highway 90 Dendrites 196
127 Gold Hill 198
128 Shakespeare 200
129 Cookes Pcak 201
130 Deming Picture Rock and Fluorite 205
131 Fluorite Ridge 206
132 Paradise 208
133 San Simon Mine 210
134 Animas 211
135 Hachita 212
136 Old Hachita Mine 215
137 Apache Mining District-Apache Mine #2 216
138 Victorio Mining District 217
139 Deming Mines 219
40 Rockhound State Park 220
141 Kilbourne Hole 222
Appendix A Glossary 225
Appendix B Land Managers and Government Offices 229
Appendix C Special Attractions 236
Appendix D New Mexico Gem and Mineral Societies 243
Appendix E Additional Sites 245
Index 247
About the Authors 256
