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Doc Long Picnic Area
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Sandia Park, NM US
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Location Type: Public Access
Details: There is some information about this in the "New Mexico rocks & minerals: the collecting guide (including maps)" By Frank S. Kimbler, Robert J. Narsavage. It is on page 17 and is location 11. It says you can find flourite and barite here. Go the book preview online at this google books location. It calls the site Doc Longs Recreational area.
Directions: From recreation.gov: "From Albuquerque drive east on I-40 approximately 7 miles to exit 175. Proceed north on Highway 14, 7 miles to Highway 536. Go west on Highway 536, 1-1/2 miles to Doc Long Picnic Ground. "
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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): ( 35°10'27.25"N, 106°22'33.72"W)
or (35.174236, -106.376033)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is intended to be approximate or best guess.)
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Reference Info: New Mexico rocks & minerals: the collecting guide (including maps); by Frank S. Kimbler, Robert J. Narsavage. 1981. http://books.google.com/books?id=S61x4JAqtfMC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Mindat Link: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49919.html
Tags: flourite barite doc longs picnic recreational area albuquerque new mexico tejano canyon sandia mountains bernalillo county baryte

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Scott (webmaster) - Aug 8, 2010 10:26:44 PM EST
I went by here and there were roadcuts across the road, but I was unable to find anything that looked like how it was in my imagination.  I would not go back.


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