CONSTELLATION ROAD, WICKENBURG, AZ
On June 1, 2002 Don, Patrick and I headed for the Wickenburg area. We first stopped at the geode locality described by Bearce in his book. This is an easy drive on a good road to the spot in the bottom of the picture. From there it’s a rough climb to the top of the hill, where the geodes are found. The geodes, which are small, are embedded in the rock, and are lined with Quartz crystals. I haven’t seen anything but Quartz in them.
After
climbing back down from the geode locality, we drove further on Constellation
Road, looking for the Vanadinite mine at Amazon Gulch. We didn’t make it to the
mine because I chickened out. The road kept getting worse, winding around on
the edge of the mountain, and getting narrower all the time. When it got down
to the width of the van, I decided I’d had enough! After we found a place to
turn around, we noticed the small prospect in the picture above. I don’t know
the name of it, or even if it has a name. We picked up a few specimens to be
examined more closely at a later date.
From
that unnamed prospect we could see another mine down in the gulch. This may be
the Vanadinite mine we couldn’t get to.