Harris Park *** Most pegmatites are claimed or private property. ***

General Info This residential area has pegmatites containing smoky quartz, topaz and microcline feldspar.

Minerals Click on the image(s) below to see a picture of that mineral from this location. Amazonite - Associated with microcline, smoky quartz, specular hematite and anhydrite. White albite intergrowths on amazonite are reported by Eckel (Raines). Bertrandite - Michalski reported microscopic crystals on feldspar and smoky quartz (Raines). Goethite Goethite after Siderite - Odiorne speculated that these may be rhodochrosite pseudomorphed to goethite (Raines). Microcline - Microcline feldspar crystals. Phenakite - Sometimes associated with amazonite, cleavelandite and occasionally topaz, according to Muntyan and Muntyan (Raines). Psilomelane - Foord and Martin reported large botryoidal masses (Raines). Rhodochrosite - Odiorne reported relict rhombohedra within goethite (Raines). Smoky Quartz - Crystals up to 17 inches have been found by collectors, according to Voynick. Raines reports crystals up to 42.5 cm (approximately 17 inches). Often associated with amazonite. Topaz - Light brown-yellow crystals to 3 inches are reported by Voynick. Raines reports colorless to pale sherry-colored crystals up to 5 cm. Sometimes found on matrix. Other Notable Minerals Albite, Anhydrite, Columbite-Tantalite, Fluorite, Hematite, Hematite after Siderite, Todorokite, Zinnwaldite Field Trip Reports REPORT #1

A view of the entrance to Harris Park. The digging sites are in the mountains in the background. One of the digging sites at Harris Park which is now claimed by a Denver area club.

References S. Voynick, 1995, Colorado Rockhounding (ISBN 0-87842-292-7) E. Raines, 2001, "Rocks & Minerals" (Vol. 76, September/October, pgs. 298-325) Please see the reference(s) mentioned above for directions to the site if specific instructions are not given on this page.

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