[Rockhounds] Looking for rock/gem hunting info for northern California

[John Dach]

On Apr 29, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Mr Byron Levenseller wrote:

> This sounds interesting. When you say wild do you mean
> we will need a 4wd to be able to get through or just
> really interesting to see?
Just really interesting.  Paved road (but often pretty narrow,,,, not  
2 lanes)t very passable.

John Dach
>
>  This is pretty much on our way to the lake so it has
> some good possibilities. I'll see if I can Google the
> place and get more info.
>
>  Thanks for the suggestion,
>
>  David
>
>
> --- John Dach <john at mlce.net> wrote:
>
>> One other thing that might interest you and your
>> family, a tour of
>> the Geyser Electrical Generation Plant near
>> Geyserville (just N. of
>> Healdsberg).  Just the terrain is is pretty wild to
>> drive through.
>> Not much rock collection as far as I know but still
>> interesting.
>>
>> John Dach
>> On Apr 29, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Mr Byron Levenseller
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Wow, thanks for all the info John!! We have been
>> to
>>> the Geyser place a few years ago and it was pretty
>>> neat to see it.
>>>
>>>  I already ordered the book suggested and will
>> start
>>> researching the the info you gave me.
>>>
>>>  Thank you again,
>>>
>>>  David
>>>
>>> --- John Dach <john at mlce.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> There is a lot of Obsidian in the Napa/Clearlake
>>>> area.  There is a
>>>> small Geyser/petrified forest fee park in Napa,
>> Lake
>>>> county is known
>>>> for herkamer "diamonds", Mendocino and Lake
>> county
>>>> have a good deal
>>>> of jade to be found if you know what it looks
>> like
>>>> and where to go to
>>>> look for it.  The book suggested is a good start.
>>>> We lived in
>>>> Mendocino for 30+ years and did a bit of
>> hounding.
>>>> Most places are
>>>> way off the road, on private land or miles of
>> hiking
>>>> (up) dirt
>>>> "roads" (at least if we got stuff "up there" we
>>>> carried it out
>>>> downhill.  Leech Lake Mountain in Lake county had
>> an
>>>> active jade mine
>>>> for a number of years.  One cannot go up to them
>>>> mine but there was a
>>>> lot of nice pieces of jade and "near" jade in the
>>>> washes.  This is
>>>> the place requiring a long up hill walk.  There
>> is a
>>>> rock shop
>>>> between Cloverdale and Hopland on Hwy 101, might
>> be
>>>> good to stop and
>>>> ask them if they have any ideas.  There is a
>> fellow
>>>> in Anderson
>>>> Valley (turn left to go to the mendocino Coast at
>>>> the North end of
>>>> Cloverdale and take hwy 128 to Philo (about 36
>>>> miles) and keep going
>>>> to a wide spot in the road called Floodgate
>> (cafe,
>>>> realtor office,
>>>> and the Rock Shop)) who has a claim in Trinity
>>>> county for a Jade area
>>>> and he has it on display, for sell in the shop.
>>>> LOTS of other great
>>>> specimens.  He might be able to give you an idea
>> of
>>>> where to go.
>>>> Sorry I don't have the fellows number of the
>> actual
>>>> name of the
>>>> shop.  If I can get the name/number of think of
>>>> anything else, I will
>>>> let you know.
>>>>
>>>> John Dach
>>>>
>>>> PS  Being from the Dakotas and around a good deal
>> of
>>>> Indian History,
>>>> the Pomo's were in the coastal areas and many of
>> the
>>>> towns and cities
>>>> have information and displays about their living
>>>> methods/actions and
>>>> the like.  Much different than the plains
>> Indians.
>>>> Check with the
>>>> Chambers of Commerce in Boonville, Cloverdale,
>> Santa
>>>> Rosa and Ukiah
>>>> and see what they have available.  Napa, Sonoma,
>>>> Clearlake and the
>>>> like too.
>>>> On Apr 29, 2008, at 6:17 AM, Mr Byron Levenseller
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi chuck,
>>>>>
>>>>>  Thanks for the info, I'll track it down and
>> take
>>>> a
>>>>> look.
>>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>>
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