Our Geologic Origins

Why Here?

Over one million years before mankind even walked on the earth, a staggering geologic upheaval broke the Earth in huge pieces and brought lead formations that should have lain forever deep in the ground up to the surface.

You can still see the Valles' Mines Fault on the east side of Highway 67 going south from Hwy. V where the rock turns from red to blue vertically. While faults occur everywhere, this one is different. This is a textbook example of a 'reverse thrust' fault - it's backwards, it should never have happened, a deep layer ended up on top! - But even stranger, what came to the top? Some of the most geologically perfect minerals on the planet. Galena nuggets the size of Volkswagons made up of ore 99% pure. The impurity -- silver! Get some at our Rock Shop.

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