[Rockhounds] New Mexico / Colorado trip suggestions?

[Jim Daly]

If you take US 60 over to I-25 you'll go through Magdalena, where the Kelly Mine is available for fee collecting. You'll also go past the VLA radio telescope- an unusual sight.
  From Socorro, it's a short detour to Bingham. Stop at the Blanchard Rock Shop. They own the Desert Rose Mine, which is also a fee site- tetrahexahedral fluorites, among other things.
  Jim Daly

Tom Corson <corson at infodyn.com> wrote:
  Hi all,

I'm thinking of going up to Leadville, CO for the upcoming FM mineral
symposium in a few weeks.

My route will be basically:

Tucson - Show Low - Holbrook - Gallup - Albuquerque - Santa Fe - Alamosa -
Leadville.

Any suggestions on collecting spots along the way would be most appreciated.

Also, I've always wanted to collect Colorado Amazonite. Are there any sites
which are still accessible and worthwhile (not under active claim or in
someone's back yard)?

Thanks in advance....

Regards,
Tom Corson


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