Thats all private property and is part of the other side. I had to learn the hard way. Got kicked out of there my very 1st time there and almost arrested in March. I wouldn't recommend anybody going there

@ernestoromero7998

8 ай бұрын

What city of Illinois is this mine close bye?

@Chelsea-552

5 ай бұрын

Good to know, thank you.

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

Ай бұрын

Cave in Rock Illinois

What a purple garden!! Beautiful!

It’s common to find fluorite, calcite, and chalcedony forming together in the same environment. Awesome find!

Hundreds of miles of that all the way to Canada from the inland sea. Varies somewhat but it is one deposit. I find rootbeer fluorite along the road in gravel. Where my brother is there's celestite and calcite with fluorite.

Wow, what a fantastic mine! So many gorgeous garden rocks!

Wow amazing 😍

Most times even if it's private property if you find out who owns it you can usually get permission, it doesn't hurt to ask

There is a big cave in Golconda rock quarry that I went to years ago, that's what I'm looking for but I see nothing about it. Glad I found this

@ronalddaub5008

Жыл бұрын

Old old Floruite mine entrance on bay city road. Can't miss it.on the turn from Golconda on a black top road where there's a 4 way next to Shawnee national forest.

Awesome! I live in White County about 50 min north of that mine! I want to go to that mine and the one in E-town (Elizabethtown) You should take the ferry across in Cave in Rock into KY and go to Marion, KY about 10 miles further south from Cave in Rock and go to the mineral museum there. They have some gorgeous pieces of the purple, yellow, and light blue flurspar in the museum.

@kayleehaas1283

Жыл бұрын

What’s the one in Elizabeth town??

@leslieprince7937

Жыл бұрын

@@kayleehaas1283 I can't remember. I could go look for flurspar and then go eat cat fish. Lol

@corissacox203

9 ай бұрын

There was Eureka and Minerva but they are closed and private property I think there was others but I can’t remember my grandpa, great grandpa as well a lot of my distant relatives all worked at Minerva

How exactly did you get to this location. Would love to know ❤❤

Well I just decided on my first official rock hounding adventure.. that's beautification at its best.. I need a hounding buddy.. any good advice you can give me ? I don't know the area because I live almost 5hrs away... gonna make it a long week end... maybe other places some there to hunt and cheap hotel ... gonna be a money friendly trip as well .. but I'm doing things that I want to do.. have had 30yrs of taking care of others!!! I'm inspired

across the river in Crittenden county, KY I found newspaper articles from 1906 of my great great grandfather deeding ten acres to my Great Grandfather with a Fluorite mine on it. Separate newspaper article claimed it to be the second best vain in the area. My Grandfather worked at the mines and would take me to visit the geologist as a child. I would get samples and crystals from him. Unfortunately I don't have them any more

Pretty certain I know where that's at. Yes, it is private. Yes, it is a business. That was once an old room and pillar fluorite mine. I got inside 20+ years ago before the quarry took off the top of the mountain. I got yellow blue and purple samples out it.

You just left a really nice specimen ,what are you doing ?

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

8 ай бұрын

Lol there's tons of them there

@snoosebaum995

8 ай бұрын

@@rockhoundingmidmo8873 @7:21 very interesting, nice specimen

I wanna go!!! 😆

@JimHerbertOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Its private. I got kicked out in March 🙈 Best bet is the scraps at minerva

This was fantastic. I used to be in to minerals as a kid and I find myself coming back to it. Expect now as an adult I can actually go to places to find real gemstones and minerals. Instead of just buying stuff from shops. I live in Illinois and have been trying to find good spots. Can you recommend any??

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

Жыл бұрын

Around what parts do you live at?

@DankMcDANK1738

Жыл бұрын

@@rockhoundingmidmo8873 I’m in the Schaumburg Area

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

Жыл бұрын

Oh ok that's pretty far from where I go rock hunting. The only thing you're close to that I can think of that would be neat to go is the Illinois beach park or something like that. It's on Lake Michigan (the west side) the west side of the lake has big pebble type rocks that are fun to look through. There also some area south of you maybe a couple hours that has fossils. I've never looked there. It starts with an M. Like Mazzus creek maybe. Spelling might be off.

@DankMcDANK1738

Жыл бұрын

@@rockhoundingmidmo8873 awesome thank you! Yeah living in the city isn’t the best for rock hunting lol. Might have to splurge on some gas money and head south a bit.

@TruthWillSetYouFree832

Жыл бұрын

@@DankMcDANK1738 Seeing this 10 months later, but I'm in the same general area and was also curious. The fossil beds are Mazon Creek. Illinois Beach State Park is a place I used to go to look at rocks as a kid, but watch out for the beach police. lol Got kicked out of there about 25 years ago with the hubby for standing on a big rock and doing the flying scene from Titanic. That's IL for you...

Where is this could I put it on my google maps I want to go here

Those blue crystals looked interesting looked like aquamarine but I doubt that's what it is

How do I get to this place going tomorrow

Lol, im in Texas, never been to Illinois. But, with the clues you gave it wasn't hard to find on a good map app. It is private, lioks like the biggest section is a quarry and the two smaller parts are actual mines. Too bad I don't live nearby. I don't mind hopping a gate. Not like theyll miss 2 or 3 little rocks. Lol

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

2 ай бұрын

Fluorite can also be found out west. Maybe Arizona if you're closer to those areas. But pretty much everywhere out west is good rock hunting. If I'm ever out that way, whether it's Utah, Oregon, Arizona, I just go on dirt roads and start looking around and usually find something. I saw a picture someone posted online once of an agate they found outside of Austin. You might do some research of what kind of stuff can be found in Texas

@JohnaFactsDontCare...

2 ай бұрын

@@rockhoundingmidmo8873 thank you for the information. Texas has incredible fossils, I have ammonites the size of my truck tires. But, the best agate hunting is out by Big Bend national park. I bought 5 acres out there recently to camp on and just got my first RV, since I'm retired it's travel time. Lol. So, came upon your video looking for a geode trail. My first trip will be through Illinois and Iowa stopping different places to hunt geodes. Then, the big one! A month in Utah! Geodes, obsidian, agates, topaz, etc. Can't wait just me and my dog. Id never be home if I didn't have horses to care for. Lol

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

2 ай бұрын

Wow, sounds like you have an adventurous life. I always wondered if Big Bend had any good rocks. Never found anything out when I did research on it. But it looked like an area that would have some

@JohnaFactsDontCare...

2 ай бұрын

@@rockhoundingmidmo8873 it does, but no collecting inside national parks, so... I bought land. Lol If you ever head that way I'll give you the coordinates and you can use it for camping or rock hounding. I'll probably go a couple of times a year, so it'll be empty. It's right outside terlingua on 118.

@3:12 I pause the video I noticed that there's two square blocks rather large sitting either in or in front of what could be called a portal or door. It looks like those blocks were stacked purposely and I can't believe if that is an archaeological site that they're just destroying it like that

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

Жыл бұрын

This was at an active quarry. And yes it's Fluorite, not amethyst

So is this private ?

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

9 ай бұрын

I guess you could say that. It's a business, which I've heard they don't even mine for the fluorite

I'm guessing you want to keep this location to yourself. Do you know how I can find a location where I can find fluorite that isn't trespassing?

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

Жыл бұрын

I have another video on here of Minerva mine and how to get to it

Fluorite and Dolomite in vug

I’m from carmi IL an I hound at the Minerva mine that’s new

Floutite Mine near garden of the gods ROSIECLAIR Illinois, and on the way to bay City I know where a entrance to a abandoned floruite mine is on private property.

@Bponyi

Жыл бұрын

im all ears

@LincolnBias

Ай бұрын

i would love to go

Purple goes in the pockets!

Ive heard of Rockford Ill but where the F is Rock?

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

Жыл бұрын

Cave in Rock is way down south close to the Kentucky border

Which one is this called? We went to Minerva from your other video. 📸 ⛏️

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

3 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if this one has a name

@bigskyproducers

3 ай бұрын

dang there are so many on minedat that i can't figure out which one this is from the video lol. got the coords or something?@@rockhoundingmidmo8873

I'm going to be in that area this weekend. any tips on area

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

Жыл бұрын

The cave by the river is neat, and the restaurant by it has good food. I posted another video of how to get to Minerva Mine

@Larry122269

Жыл бұрын

Is this where you took the video?

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

Жыл бұрын

No, this wasn't at Minerva, it was at an active quarry there

@Larry122269

Жыл бұрын

Ok well I'm going exploring starting this afternoon. Between Google maps and a couple mine apps I'll be ok

@Larry122269

Жыл бұрын

Already hunting. Saw a head frame from the road made a right turn. Pockets full of purple

I’ll be visiting that area to go hiking and I’m taking my mom, she loves to crystal mine, could you possibly recommend some places to go to mine fluorite around there

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

Жыл бұрын

I haven't looked in Kentucky yet, but not far past the river is supposed to be a mine. There are a couple quarries in Illinois by Cave in Rock. Not sure if the other one is accessible or not. I had to sneak in this one. I'm not sure how strict they are about the public going in, so I don't give the exact location of it

@ronalddaub5008

Жыл бұрын

The nearest city to garden of the gods has a flooded fluorite mine that is no longer a mine . I believe it now has an interpretive center. ROSICLAIR ILLINOIS.

How do we get there please

@CalebP618

7 ай бұрын

It's called a map

To bad you cannot contact owner of mine and get permission. No doubt insurance liabilities would prevent such things. Thanks for sharing was exciting to see it all! Hope you will cut/polish some of the translucent material and show us.

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

Жыл бұрын

I keep calling it a mine, but it's actually a quarry lol

It could also be purple amethyst

@drewvestal301

Жыл бұрын

No

@fluorite1965

7 ай бұрын

As far as I know there is no amethyst in that area.

Whrs this cave mine

@rockhoundingmidmo8873

4 ай бұрын

Southern Illinois near cave in rock

Looks like Chalcedony at 5:25

Remove the gloves young Padawan.....get your hands dirty , it's good for you.

Definitely looks like calcite: 3 cleavage planes, 78deg and 102deg.