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Creede / Wagon Wheel Gap area minerals, Colorado

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sphalerite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Tertiary epithermal

Historic silver district; famous amethyst.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Creede CO: amethyst1 km away · Crystal locality
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Creede / Wagon Wheel Gap Amethyst and Agate2 km away · Agate beach or gravel
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Creede, CO: Willow Creek silver boom camp2 km away · Tidal foreshore
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Creede3 km away · Old dump ground
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