Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Northern California's Geologic Introduction 1
Rockhounding Northern California 7
Collecting Regulations and Etiquette 9
How to Use This Book 12
Safety 15
Map Legend 18
Rockhounding Sites
1 Bishop Garnets 19
2 Poleta Mine Minerals 22
3 Big Pine Sulfur 24
4 Westgard Pass Fossils 26
5 Eureka Crystals 28
6 Jeffrey Canyon Minerals 30
7 Lake Crowley Obsidian 33
8 Black Rock Mine Minerals 35
9 Lost Diana Mine Minerals 37
10 Obsidian Dome 39
11 Travertine Hot Springs 41
12 Leavitt Meadows Petrified Wood 45
13 Disaster Peak Fossils 47
14 Merced River Gold 49
15 Snelling River Rocks 52
16 Bagby Jade 54
17 Knoll Serpentinite 56
18 Golden Chain Serpentinite 58
19 Behind the Hill Serpentinite 60
20 Coulterville Mariposite 62
21 Gold Prospecting Adventures 64
22 New Melones Minerals 67
23 Matelot Gulch Gold 69
24 Big Bar Gold 71
25 Roaring Camp Gold 73
26 Coloma Gold 75
27 Traverse Creek Minerals 78
28 American River Gold 80
29 Bear River Gold 82
30 Colfax Gold 83
31 Malakoff Diggins Gold 85
32 Prosser Agates 87
33 Boca Jaspers 89
34 Crystal Peak 91
35 Hallelujah Junction Crystals 94
36 Last Chance Minerals 96
37 Buck's Lake Serpentinite 98
38 Feather River Gold 101
39 Spanish Creek River Rocks 104
40 Forks of Butte Creek Gold 106
41 Willard Creek Agate 108
42 Hayden Hill Rhyolite 111
43 Cedarville Petrified Wood 113
44 Davis Creek Obsidian Mines 115
45 Lassen Creek Obsidian 119
46 Fandango Pass Mines 120
47 Hirz Mountain Fossils 122
48 McCloud River Fossils 125
49 Etna Marble 127
50 Osburger Gulch Fossils 129
51 Jenny Creek Agate 131
52 Alta Minerals 133
53 Smith River Serpentinite 136
54 Pebble Beach Chalcedony 138
55 Happy Camp Jade 140
56 Big Lagoon Agate and Jade 142
57 Patrick's Point Agate 145
58 Elk Head Fossils 147
59 Moonstone Beach 149
60 Centerville Fossils 151
61 Smith Grove Jasper 153
62 Paskenta River Calcite 155
63 Black Butte Jasper 157
64 Glass Beach 159
65 Eel River Rocks 161
66 Rocky Creek Jasper 163
67 Point Arena Agate 165
68 Frog Woman Rock 167
69 Bottle Rock Obsidian 170
70 Rabbit Hill Serpentinite 172
71 Lake County Diamonds 174
72 Lake County Obsidian 176
73 Clear Lake Obsidian 178
74 Redbud Travertine 180
75 Capay Jasper 182
76 Gold Prospectors Association of America 185
77 Folsom Lake Quartz 187
78 Dillon Beach Rocks 189
79 Rockway Beach Jade 192
80 Capitola Fossils 194
81 Anderson Lake Jasper 197
82 Del Puerto Minerals 199
83 Patterson Fossils 202
84 Carmel Valley Fossils 204
85 Cal State Gem Mine 206
Glossary 211
About the Author 215
