| Hansen Creek Crystal Area North Bend, WA US Uploaded By Scott (webmaster) Uploaded on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 06:55:13 PM Viewed 17769 times |
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| Details can be found at the Travel Channel's treasure wiki page for Washington. It says: "General description: Quartz, Chrysocola ,Goethite and Amethyst can be found at this site.The geology of the area is an uplift and erosion of the Old Cascade Volcanic Arc exposed plutonic rock of the Snoqualmie Batholith near Snoqualmie Pass. For more information visit: http://www.washingtonminerals.com/hc.htm Handy to bring along: 1. Hand pick 2. Shovel 3. Rock hammer 4. Back pack Helpful notes to newcomers: There are camps down along the river. Be sure to pack up any litter you can, as it all gets blamed on rockhounds" There is also a blog at this website: https://hansencreekquartzcrystals.wordpress.com/ | Directions can be found at the Travel Channel's treasure wiki page for Washington. It says: "Hansen Creek is on the south side of the Interstate going east to the Pass. Get off at either Tinkham road access and circle back along the interstate until you reach Hansen Creek road. Go up, go under the trestle, up a little ways more, and there is a dirt road going off to the left. If you have a good rig and don't care about your paint job you can drive in, but the trees and brush are thick on both sides and they will scrape your car. I've parked here and walked in; it's about a mile and change. Take the road all the way until it becomes a trail, and follow it to the diggings. Bob Jackson's old guidebook showed more material way up top, but if I remember you had to etch the calcite away from the quartz GPS coordinates: 47°23'29"N , 121°31'46"W" |