Location Name: Cedar Butte
Materials: Augite Crystals
GPS: Cedar Butte Trailhead 45.582814, -123.647351
Parking location: 45.58265, -123.64910
Augite location: 45.58592, -123.64847
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: Rock hammer and chisel
Vehicle: Any
Date Visited: May 2017, May 2022 and May 2023
Additional comments: N/A
Any Location Updates Since Visit: N/A
2022 Visit:
2023 Visit:
Some of the nicer augite crystals that we found. You can clearly see the green olivine on them.
The Ore Bin Vol. 31 #6 from June 1969 on Cedar Butte.
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