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| UPDATE: 4/11/2002 Te judd's bridge site is closed to collecting. It belongs to Steep Rock Association which is a nature preserve and they do not want collectors there. There are outcrops in various areas in the general neighborhood and adjacent towns that can be found by accessing the old quadrangle maps and configuring the old info with current maps, but SteepRock would not a club field trip. |
Minerals: Kyanite, staurolite, milky quartz.
Description: This is a small prospect pit that has produced some deep blue kyanite in milky quartz. It is a small prospect though with very little room to work and often flooded during the wet season. The kyanite is in solid quartz, very heavy tools are required to work the rock. There may be some other prospects worth exploring.
Bring: Hand tools, heavy hammer and chisel.
Directions: The collecting area isaccessed from a small town park, on Judds' Bridge Road (off Ct. Rt. 199, on the east side of the Shepaug River). Drive in past junction of Battle Swamp Road on your right. Park where the tree is laid across the road. Continue along old Judd's Bridge Road (also labeled as Tunnel Road on some maps) to the clearing where the power lines cross the road. The best diggings are on your right, uphill 50 feet. It is an overgrown 12 foot pit, that may have water in the bottom. Minerals can be found throughout the immediate area.
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Unfortunately, the status of mineral collecting sites change often. Inclusion in this site does not give an individual the right to trespass. If the land owner is present ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION prior to entering a collecting location. ALWAYS RESPECT THE PROPERTY OWNER, you are his guest. When in doubt, do not enter.
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