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Mulligan Peak Agates Mulligan Peak, Clifton, Greenlee Co., Arizona |
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The western foothills of the Mulligan Peak is well known
for producing white to gray banded agates sometimes tinted with lavendar
to purple. There used to be a road, but there are no longer any easy routes
to the Mulligan Peak itself. The best route to the Mulligan Peak
is to hike for at least 2 miles via the Limestone Glutch along the northern
rim of the peak from Clifton before climbing up one of the ravines to the
agate fields. It's possible to find some in the washes coming down from
the Mulligan Peak.
The agates found there are typically small, but some larger agates have been found weathered from a specific basalt bed at the foot of the peak itself. Several varieties of jaspers and agates with brown to red plume, black sagenite and moss inclusions have been found at several spots around the peak. Elsewhere are just druzy quartz coated chalcedony pieces or none at all. The soil aruond the peak is quite shallow that anyone won't get much even with digging and they would end up hitting the basalt outcrops just below the soil. It's possible to break down the agate-bearing basalt beds to get at the agates. |
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| Typical "Sugar Bowl" Geode, March 2009 | Typical white agate, March 2009 |
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| Tight banded, February 2008 | Rare Pink color with sagenite, March 2009 |
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| White & purple color combo February 2008 | Lavendar hue, March 2009 |
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| Unusually large for the location. February 2008 | March 2009 |
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| Red and white color combo with brown to red plumes
March 2009 |
Pink Agate with brown plumes, March 2009 |