Table of Contents

Arizona Collecting Sites Arizona Site Locator Map Map Legend Forward 9 Summary of Basic Rockhounding Rules & Regulations 10 Introduction 12 Mineral Highlights 12 Mining in Arizona 15 Mineral and Gem Collecting in Arizona 17 More Than Just Pretty Rocks 20 Region I Site 1 Lake Powell 22 Site 2 Kingman Onyx 24 Site 3 Chloride Minerals 26 Site 4 Oatman Fire Agate 28 SiteS Wenden Dendritic Agate 30 Site 6 Alamo Lake Palm Bog 32 Site 7 Signal Petrified Wood 34 Site 8 Desert Roses 36 Site 9 Burro Creek Opalite 38 Site 10 Burro Creek Pastelite 40 Site 11 Burro Creek Apache Tears 42 Site 12 Date Creek Quartz Crystals 44 Site 13 Bagdad Agate & Jasper 46 Site 14 Perkinsville Agate 48 Site 15 Prescott Minerals 50 Site 16 Copper Basin Minerals 52 Site 17 Rock Butte Fossils 54 Site 18 Crookton Road Onyx 56 Site 19 Ash Fork Picture Stone 58 Site 20 Crown King Minerals 60 Region II Site 21 Parks Obsidian 62 Site 22 Country Club Fossils 64 Site 23 Jerome Calcite 66 Site 24 Hull Canyon Fossils & Calcite 70 Site 25 Perkinsville Road Fossils 72 Site 26 Cottonwood Minerals 74 Site 27 Mogollon Rim Fossils 76 Site 28 Fossils From Pine 78 Site 29 Camp Verde Area Minerals 80 Site 30 East Verde Fossils 82 Site 31 Payson Agate 84 Site 32 Horton Petrified Coral 86 Site 33 Roberts Mesa Fossils and Chert 88 Site 34 Forest Lakes Fossils 90 Site 35 Black Canyon Red Jasper 92 Site 36 Houston Mesa Coral 94 Tumble Polishing Rocks 96 & 105 Color Photo Insert 97 Site 37 Payson Geodes & Nodules 106 Site 38 Christopher Creek Jasper 108 Site 39 Rim Road Fossils 110 Site 40 Perley Creek Fossils 112 Site 41 Blue Ridge Reservoir 114 Site 42 Woodruff Petrified Wood 116 Site 43 Joseph City Petrified Wood 118 Site 44 Winslow Petrified Wood 120 Region III Site 45 Harquahala Mine Minerals 122 Site 46 Plomosa Mountains 124 Site 47 Brenda Jasper 126 Site 48 Aguila Crystals 128 Site 49 Wenden Marble 130 Site 50 Bouse Hematite & Jasper 132 Site 51 Plomosa Road Minerals 134 Site 52 Moon Mountain Petrified Wood 136 Site 53 Quartzsite Minerals 138 Site 54 Crystal Hill 140 Site 55 Big Horn Mountains Fluorite 142 Site 56 Eagle Tail Mountains 144 Site 57 Little Harquahala Mountains Chalcedony 146 Site 58 Vulture Mine Region 148 Site 59 Painted Rocks Agate & Minerals 150 Site 60 Fourth of July Peak Agate 152 Sice 61 Saddle Mountains Fire Agate 154 Site 62 Ghost Towns & Minerals 156 Site 63 Wickenburg Nodules 158 Site 64 Indian Pass Dumortierite 162 Site 65 Palo Verde Fire Agate 164 Site 66 Red Cloud Mine Area 166 Site 67 Whipple Mountain Chalcedony 168 Site 68 Big River Agate 170 Region IV Site 69 Table Mountain jasper 172 Site 70 Cave Creek Agate & Jasper 174 Site 71 Horseshoe Lake Black Agate 176 Site 72 Sheep Crossing 178 Site 73 Maricopa Green Jasper 180 Site 74 Queen Valley Marble 182 Site 75 Hayden Wulfenite 184 Site 76 Dudleyville Minerals 188 Site 77 Winkelman Fossils 190 Site 78 Copper Country 192 Site 79 Globe Onyx 194 Site 80 Seneca Lake Serpentine 196 Site 81 Black Hills Fire Agate 198 Site 82 Pipeline Road Geodes 200 Site 83 Clifton Fire Agate 202 Site 84 Mule Creek Apache Tears 204 Site 85 Geronimo Trail Geodes 206 Site 86 Carlyle Mine Dumps 208 Site 87 Round Mountain Fire Agate 210 Site 88 Duncan Fire Agate 212 Site 89 Joy Valley Fire Agate 214 Site 90 Granite Gap Fluorescent Minerals 216 Site 91 Gleeson Area Minerals 218 Site 92 Dragoon Marble 220 Site 93 St. David Selenite Clusters 222 Site 94 Highway 90 Fossils 224 Site 95 Carr Canyon Quartz Crystals 226 Site 96 Ash Canyon Crystals 230 Site 97 Providencia Canyon Rhodochrosite 232 Site 98 Patagonia Minerals 236 Site 99 Corral Nuevo Geodes 238 Site 100 Cerro Prieto Wash Marble 240 Site 101 Empire Mountains Travertine 242 Site 102 Helvetia Mining District 244 Site 103 Tucson Fossils 246 Site 104 Saginaw Hill Minerals 248 Appendix A-A Partial List of Annual Arizona Gem Shows 250 Appendix B-Arizona Rockhound and Prospecting Clubs 253 Appendix C-Mineral Museums and Mining Tours 255 Glossary 257 Mineral Locator Index 262