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I hope your Fourth of July was relaxing and enjoyable. GOD BLESS AMERICA!! Just want to caution everyone out there camping and prospecting to keep in mind that fire danger is very high. Put your fires cold/wet out before you leave. It appears that some folks are planning to go to NUPA5 and some to Wishful on July 26-28 so which ever direction you choose travel..be safe and find some golden sunshine.... Just a note on the Clear Creek day outing, I was very pleased with the turn out, everyone seemed to have a great day visiting and prospecting, though the gold was fine some members did find a few pieces. It is a beautiful place to camp all long the creek. See ya at the meeting on the 24th...
May your pans smile back at ya
In This Issue
Pres message Dugway Geodes Mineral Uses Wishful 1,2 & 3 Pyrite Dugway Geodes, continued Calendar
OUTINGS
NUPA 5, Wishful July 2628 Kaymack K&Q Crescent Creek August 1618 September 2022
Additional information will be posted for each outing at the meeting prior and in the newsletter.
Officers 2013
President Mike John 435-866-2275 1st Vice President Mike Kozlowski
Treasurers Report
Checking: Starting Balance Deposits Interest Withdrawals June 31 Balance $ 3,002.96 .20 Savings: Starting Balance Interest
June, 2013
$ 4843.49 .40
$ 2,474.94
June 31 Balance
$ 4844.30
volcanic activity occurred in western Utah and deposited an extrusive igneous rock called rhyolite. Trapped gasses formed cavities within the rhyolite, and millions of years of ground-water circulation allowed
minerals to precipitate into the cavities. The result is geodes with spherical shapes and crystal-lined cavities. Roughly 32,000 to 14,000 thousand years ago, a large body of water known as Lake Bonneville covered most of western Utah. The lake's wave activity eroded the geode -bearing rhyolite and redeposited the geodes several miles away in the Dugway geode bed area as lake sediments. Most geodes are typically hollow whereas others
are completely filled with massive, banded quartz. The most common mineral found within the geodes is quartz in various colors: clear (rock crystal), purple (amethyst), and pink (rose).
How to get there: From Salt Lake City take I-80 westbound until you reach the Tooele turnoff (exit 99). Travel south on Highway 36 for about 40.5 miles to the Pony Express Road (which is the dirt road just past Faust). Turn west (right) and proceed 50.1 miles on the Pony Express Road to the Dugway geode bed turnoff. Turn north (right), proceed up the dirt road and look for recent diggings. Note: Recently, people have bypassed the turnoff because the sign to the geode bed area was missing. Please note at the time of this writing, there is a temporary sign indicating the correct direction to the geode bed area; however, please use your vehicle's odometer to determine distance to the geode bed turnoff. Cont...page 6
Members at Large Kim & Sandy Patterson Leo & Donale Richan Bob Shriber Hal & Lynda Berry Alan Meyer Curt Dayton
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PHIFER CREEK CLAIMS Wishful 1,2 & 3 and NUPA 5 on the Middle Fork of the Boise River The Middle Fork of the Boise is NO LONGER open to dredging on NUPA Claims. Dredging on Phifer Creek will require both Idaho Letter Permit and EPA Permit. Follow I-84 toward Twin Falls and Boise. Take the Wendell / Gooding exit and head North. Follow Highway 46 North until it comes to a T at Highway 20. Turn left on Highway 20 and head West through Fairfield and then Hill City. Several miles West of Hill City, there is a turn-off for Pine and Featherville as well as Anderson Ranch Reservoir. Look for the Highway Maintenance shed. Follow this road North through Pine and then Featherville. At Featherville, just past the bar and motel, the road will take a hard right and cross the river. Do not cross the bridge. Go straight onto a dirt road, FS Road 156. Follow this road North through Rocky Bar. Stay on the main road. On the top of the ridge the road will fork. Take the road that heads North. Follow Phifer Creek down to the middle fork of the Boise River, when you get to the bridge you are at the center of the claim. There is parking on the South side of the bridge. This claim is 200 acres in size, 13,000 feet up and down the river (2 miles long) and 6,600 feet wide (a little over a mile). The claim runs down Phifer Creek, across the Middle Fork of the Boise river, and then up the creek across the river. While there is gold on the high bars, the best gold will be down in the river. Some of the sandbars can be very rich. Most of the gold comes in small flakes, averaging about 2mm in size. Occasionally, very large flakes and rice grain sized nuggets may be found. Black sand is abundant on this claim. For the most part, bedrock is very deep and will not be workable. The Middle Fork of the Boise is a large river and can be dangerous. Low water in the river is waist deep and can be fast moving.
GPS Coordinates of Claims N43 degrees 49 minutes 02.0 seconds W115 degrees 21 minutes 19.8 seconds
Fool's Gold
"Gold, I found gold!," you shout to your friends. You quickly imagine all the things you are going to do with your newfound wealth. Then reality sets in, and you are embarrassed to discover that you have been tricked by the mineral pyrite, also known as fool's gold. Take heart, you are not the first person (nor the last) to be fooled by pyrite. Even Captain John Smith (of Pocahontas fame) mistakenly sent an entire shipload of pyrite to London in the early 1600s, while exploring the Chickahominy River for a waterway to the Pacific.
How can I tell the difference between gold and pyrite (fool's gold)?
Visual clues -
Color: Gold and pyrite both have a brilliant metallic luster, but are different tones of yellow. Gold is golden to silvery yellow, whereas pyrite is a pale to medium brassy yellow that sometimes tarnishes. Shape: Gold usually occurs in nuggets or very small flakes, sheets, and shapeless grains. Small cubic and octahedral (two pyramids with bases joined) gold crystals are very rare. Pyrite crystals commonly form cubes, octahedrons, or pyritohedrons (twelve irregular, pentagonal or five-sided faces), frequently with striations (parallel lines) on the crystal faces. Pyrite can also occur as shapeless grains.
Physical tests -
Hardness: Scratch the mineral with the blade of a pocket knife. Rub off any loose powder to see if the mineral has been scratched. Gold is much softer than pyrite and can be cut. Pyrite cannot be scratched. (Beware - chalcopyrite looks similar to pyrite, but is softer and can be scratched with a knife. It is a very brassy yellow, often with a bronze or iridescent tarnish.) Odor: Rub the mineral vigorously with a hard object. Gold has no odor, but pyrite gives off a sulphurous smell (like rotten eggs). Malleable: Strike the mineral with a steel hammer. Gold will flatten or change shape without breaking. Pyrite will give off sparks.
DUGWAY GEODES Continued.. Where to collect: Geodes can be found approximately 1 to 2 miles north/northeast of the turnoff. The easiest technique is to find an area of past excavations and start digging to locate the proper horizon where the geodes can be found. You will be digging in a soft, unconsolidated material that is susceptible to caving, so please be careful! Examine all stones that are encountered. The geodes are fairly easy to recognize due to their spherical shape and light weight. Most geodes are 2 to 3 inches in diameter and are typically lined with small quartz crystals that give the cavity a sugary appearance. I collected fragments and whole geodes near UTM map coordinates 12S 0317569 4416919. Useful maps: Fish Springs 1:100,000- scale topographic map, Dugway Pass 1:24,000-scale topographic map, and a Utah highway map. These maps may be obtained from the Natural Resources Map & Bookstore, 1594 W. North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 5373320 (or 1-888- UTAH-MAP). Land ownership: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands. Active mining claims exist on some portions of the "geode area" so seek permission from the claim owners before collecting. For more information on BLM public lands under claim contact the House Range/ Warm Springs BLM field office at (435) 743-3100. BLM collecting rules: The casual collector may take small amounts of gemstones and rocks from unrestricted federal lands in Utah without obtaining a special permit if collection is for personal, noncommercial purposes. Collection in large quantities or for commercial purposes requires a permit, lease, or license from the BLM. Miscellaneous: Tools recommended: a shovel, pick, safety glasses and hammer (in case you want to break your geodes on the spot). Whole geodes can be taken to your local rock shop to be cut in half. Bring plenty of water and remember to bring a spare tire in case of an unforeseen accident. More importantly, be patient and have fun collecting!
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