Crook County - Mill Creek Drainage (Ochoco Mts.)


Following the Mill Creek Valley there are several beds outside the Wilderness area. A part of Viewpoint and White Rock Springs can be found outside, too.

Fallen Tree

Fallen Tree
Fallen Tree

size: 70x65 mm

 

A nice t-egg with blue and white level banding from the Fallen Tree bed mined by Jason Hinkle.


Fred Bed

Fred Bed
Fred Bed

size: 65x51 mm

 

A Fred Bed egg from the Mill Creek Drainage not far from the Fallen Tree Mine. The matrix is typically smooth and uniform.


Jeremy Bed (Dry Creek)

Jeremy Lower Bed
Jeremy Lower Bed

size: 90x40 mm

 

A flat t-egg from the deposit called Jeremy Bed (rough cut). It has a bright matrix and blueish agate and comes out of the lower bed.

Jeremy Upper Bed
Jeremy Upper Bed

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That darker egg also comes from the Jeremy Bed (rough cut). It has a nice bright level banding.


Killer Green (Harvey Gap)

Killer Green - Harvey Gap
Killer Green - Harvey Gap

size: 63x58 mm

 

A nice thunderegg with a blue agate core from the Harvey Gap aka. Killer Green. The matrix is really that green and typical for that t-eggs. They're also mined by Jason Hinkle.


Mill Creek Beds

Mill Creek "Hard Rock Mine"
Mill Creek "Hard Rock Mine"

size: 104x88 mm

 

A very rare thunderegg with blue leve banding and a lot of moss or lume structures at the bottom coming from the Mill Creek "Hard Rock Mine".

 

 

 

 

 


 

Little blue filling, red outline:

A fine druzy specimen with waterlines and light blueish banding: 69x66 mm


NJ01-Bed

NJ01-Bed
NJ01-Bed

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The NJ01-Bed is a rather new and small spot in the Mill Creek Drainage Area showing some really fantastic matrix and core pattern.