AZ Rockhound Expeditions Claim

Location Name: AZ Rockhound Expeditions Claim
Materials: Agate, botryoidal chalcedony, calcite, jasper, and quartz
GPS: 34.57539, -111.88211 This location is not the claim. For privacy reasons, the pin on the map and this GPS is placed in the nearest town, which is Camp Verde.
When using GPS coordinates to navigate to locations in the backcountry sites like Google will often make mistakes. Please watch this video before venturing out. https://youtu.be/hQr1l7dnCE4
Tools: A rockhammer and a bucket
Vehicle: Any
Date Visited: April 2025
Additional comments: If you would like to visit this fee dig, the best way to contact them is via email. They do not operate during the hot summer months.

You can also check out their website and YouTube channel.
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Agate
Leading the way in
Agate
Laik enjoying the shade
The landscape is gorgeous
A fantastic example of an agate in the rough.
A fantastic example of an agate in the rough.
On the left is a botryoidal chalcedony plate before being cleaned up and on the right is one that was deep cleaned.

Macro Images

Botryoidal chalcedony.
Pink chalcedony with a layer of blue chalcedony over it, and followed by a layer of quartz crystals.
Botryoidal chalcedony.
These small mystery mineral spots are on the exterior of the rock and then dip below the chalcedony to the left.
A quartz filled geode.
A zoomed in look at it.
Quartz crystals.
Botryoidal chalcedony.
Micromounts
These are some stacked macro images of the finner small material we found.