Lake Havasu Gem and Mineral Society
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Field Trip to Red Cloud Mine
March 2 All day
Get ready to find Wulfenite!!!
Paid dig to 2 sites:
- $35 red cloud tailings
- $60 south Geronimo tailings
Bring CASH only! IF you need to ride with some one you best make plans before you leave.
A discount of $5 per person if 25 or more people show up. –Keep what you find!
12 and under are free with paying adult, and must be supervised at all times by a parent.
HIGH clearance vehicles mandatory – we will be driving in sandy washes and bumpy roads. 4wheel drive IS recommend– car pool if you need to!Meet up point. 6:45 AM I would like to be leaving this area at 7 AM from here we are about an hour and 50 minutes from the mine
This is a pull out next to a dirt parking lot along the side of the road. We will meet up here to sign the field trip list. And then we can caravan to the mine. If you would like to just meet everybody at the mine that is up to you. But just let somebody from the group know beforehand. There is no cell phone service at the mine.
Bring bucket, rock hammer, pick, chisels, food and water . and a roll of paper towels to keep what you find nicely cushion so you don’t break the crystals. It is also helped me in the past to bring egg cartons to protect your more fragile pieces.
AGAIN FYI There is NO cell service out there.
Plan accordingly
I have included a screenshot of the proper route to take it is the blue line circled in red. I have gone and tried to take the back way from the north it will not work!!
apply to tourists who are taking a surface tour or purchasing specimens at the main complex. When I was there before they did have hardhats that you could use if you don’t have your own.
Link to Red Cloud Mine in Google Maps