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Rockhounding The Tungsten Hills- A TREASURE TROVE OF COOL MINERALS!!! Bishop, CA

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In this episode of Solomon's Vegas Adventures, Solomon, Anthony, James, Jose, and Madison rockhounded in the Tungsten Hills- an old mining district west of Bishop, CA, ripe with Abandoned Tungsten Mines that still yield a slough of cool minerals.
The crew went to the Tungsten Blue Mine, and found Scheelite (A Calcium Tungstate Mineral), Andradite Garnet, Calcite, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Bornite, Diopside, Wollastonite, Epidote, and more at the site. The Tungsten Blue Mine is located in a Skarn Deposit- and Solomon goes into more detail with that in the video.
The Tungsten Hills are located just west of Bishop, CA, off of US-395 en route to Yosemite from Las Vegas. The site is 4 1/2 hours from Vegas, but it is a great stop on the way to Yosemite.
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28 авг 2024

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@collllroossk Год назад

When my family and I visited Inyo county, one of the highlights was this spot. We did not know about how interesting it was until we watched this video, and when we went it was a whole lot of fun. Thank you so much for giving us inspiration to seek out geology hot spots and for wonderful information! Please, keep making videos!

@barrycassaday6316 3 года назад

Good to see you back. Great video. Keep up the good work, thumbs up!

@solomonsoutdooradventures 3 года назад

Thank you! And thank you for your continued support :)

@shawnnorrell1686 2 года назад

You are very astute. It’s nice to watch a rock hound who knows what they are talking about. Very knowledgeable. Thanks for the info 👍😎

@mrrey8937 3 года назад

WOw! awesome trip.....fantastic information and details, I learned so much. I cant thank you enough for your videos. And......Welcome back!!

@solomonsoutdooradventures 3 года назад

Thank you! I'm glad that my videos are informative, haha

@trailrunner925 2 года назад

You do a great presentation. Hope your channel grows!

@GeologicalNerd 2 года назад

Man, I wish I could still go out rockhounding. Disabled these days. But, nothing gets my heart going like discovering rocks and minerals *sigh*

@urbansingletrack1820 3 года назад

Enjoying your hounding vids. got into it form mountaining biking, which, might be a thing you should look into. It's really the best way to access the locations you keep going with all the walking, and the heat, etc. Keep it up!

@solomonsoutdooradventures 3 года назад

Thank you for the support! And hmmm, I've never tried mountain biking before but I'd love to try it out, and you bring up a good point about the isolation of these localities... thank you!

@aaroncase709 3 года назад

Loved this latest video!

@solomonsoutdooradventures 3 года назад

Thanks brotha!

@victoriahunter1227 3 года назад

Enjoyed the lesson.

@solomonsoutdooradventures 3 года назад

Thank you!

@RockhoundTreasurehunt 3 года назад

Good video!

@solomonsoutdooradventures 3 года назад

Thank you!

@karlkarlsson1441 3 года назад

Yup! What berry said!

@solomonsoutdooradventures 3 года назад

Thank you man!

@dayc801 2 года назад

Yup same

@jc2604 3 года назад

Solomon I bought my rock pick. I'm ready to join your rockhounding expeditions next time I'm in LV.

@solomonsoutdooradventures 3 года назад

Thanks for the support! And I'd be down, always up for making new friends!

@Rt395minerals 2 года назад

Cool video. Nice explanation of the deposit. I've been to the Blue Mine several times. Have gotten some huge 3/4-1" garnet clusters from boulders on the tailings piles. The mine directly across is the Jack Rabbit Mine. Same stuff, but not as pretty as the Blue Mine. The green crystals you said were diopside, are you sure they aren't epidote? I have lots of specimens from an outcrop just before the Tungsten Blue Mine and always thought they were epidote. The outcrop produces beautiful, big specimens. Off to Dish Hill. Wish me luck.

@movingwater4 Год назад

Hello, I am a fellow rockhound and I have what I believe are some amazing finds I've collected here in California. It would be great if we could connect, and I could get your advice on what these minerals are. Thanks for your time!

@o0o-jd-o0o95 2 года назад

this one time , at field camp ....

@snoosebaum995 2 месяца назад

u need a SW UV for that scheelite

@therealRoniG 3 года назад

Nice man. I just started following you a couple wks ago after I found this unusual rock with an amazing weight to it. Its strange to say the least but Would love to have your opinion. Welcome back to vegas...

@solomonsoutdooradventures 3 года назад

Thank you bro! Hmmm, you could dm me on instagram a pic/info of it and I'd love to help you out with that bro... @solomon_feinstein

@michaelcapriano8265 2 года назад

Please keep these place’s somewhat private, been going there for 25 years and it’s beautiful, exposures of places such as Tungsten Hills And other areas around there i use to explore mine shafts and other areas, yes I enjoy your videos very educational , it’s slowly turning into a dump , like east fork and other places, just something to think for future videos, there not making land anymore, I’ve noticed More and more trash up in Tungsten Hills thank you very much I would really appreciate it keep up doing your videos I enjoy watching them and I feel at the very educational I’ve worked for many many years with geologists I was an environmental driller for 30 years in California thanks Solomon