[Rockhounds] South Dakota - Rapid City & Calcite vs. Devil's Tower

[Gary Brown]

The location you want is "Rattlesnake Butte", if I remember correctly.  I
don't know the collecting status there...it's been MANY years.  When are you
planning to go?  Right now the weather out in that part of South Dakota is
pretty nasty.  Even if you could get permission, you wouldn't want to be
there.  I'd head over to Devil's Tower...it's NOT to be missed.  If you can,
take the back roads to get there.  You'll go by some great outcrops.  Last
summer The Dot and I collected some killer ripple mark slabs from a roadcut.

BTW... Whilst in Rapid City make sure you visit the geology museum at the
School of Mines!

Regards,
Gary Brown
http://www.catspaw-minerals.com
Home of the MasMils/PLUS Mine Location Disk 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com 
> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of 
> Johan Maertens
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 6:36 AM
> To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
> Subject: [Rockhounds] South Dakota - Rapid City & Calcite vs. 
> Devil's Tower
> 
> I will be visiting South Dakota's Rapid City, Badlands etc as 
> a tourist, June 2008.
> 
> 1) Can one still find and collect sand calcites in South Dakota?
> Where are collectable area's?
> 
> 
> 2) I have to choose between seeing Devils' Tower or searching 
> for the calcites.
> What and why would be the best choice?
> 
> Johan Maertens
> Mineral dot Maertens at att dot net
> calcite4ever at gmail dot com