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New Mexico
Orogrande district, Jarilla Mountains
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
GoldAlso reported: turquoise traces, magnetite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Small skarn and placer district where garnet and turquoise weather from low desert hills
Well described in New Mexico collecting literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
heat, old pits
Keep exploring nearby
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