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Reno Chris · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 119 Location: Reno, Nevada

Hey I did up a page on Garnet Hill at Ely - its a garnet bearing rhyolite - similar to the Topaz Mtn deposit, but it only makes Garnet crystals.

I included a map.

You can check it out at:
http://nevada-outback-gems.com/Rockhound/Nevada_garnet_Ely.htm

Chris

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indianrainmaker · Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Carlin Nevada

I went down to Garnet Hill in Ely this fall most of the people that I met down there was busting the garnets out of the rock, The way that My wife and I found our garnets was to sift the dirt in the washes with screens. the picture below is about 2 hours worth of sifting.

RexB · Site Admin Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 562

That's quite a good showing, I was thinking about maybe going over there on a side trip from detecting but was told they were pretty much mined out as far as the garnets. Looks like that's the way to find them, sift the dirt.

Rex
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indianrainmaker · Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Carlin Nevada

I don't think that the people have even scratched the surface on garnet hill, I grew up in Ely and I can still find garnets just about any where on the hill. The washes treat the garnets just like gold and push them down the hill until they are stopped in pockets. The garnets that I found were in a space of about 10 feet in one wash.