Flint in NM Sacromento mtn region?

[iowabow]

I am going to be in the Alamogordo NM region in a few weeks and was wondering if there might be a place that I could find some flint? I will have a good 4X4 so I should be able to get around.

[mjflinty]

Well, I lived there for 6 months and could only find Rhyolite. There is flint in the mountains but, the lens are very small and the surrounding limestone is very dense and thick. I was there doing archaeological fieldwork and most of the artifacts we found were "exotic" materials...  so if the old guys brought in rock... there's nothing worth while there.

Also, watch out for the dang mesquite thorns!

Later,
Michael

[cowboy]

Wish I could help ya with flint there John. If you go a little south toward El Paso (can't remember the highway 57 or something) you can do some quality splunking in Oro Grande (big gold). Mines everywhere and you can go anywhere ya want in there. Pretty cool, can see white sands from there and haul out some fools gold. I did find some knappable stuff in there but not flint and really, really scarce - light brown in color.

[JackCrafty]

Don't forget to check as many landscape yards as you can.  There's agate west of you and chalcedony and chert to the south.  Most of it will probably require heat treating.  Large landscape yards sometimes import rocks from nearby states (Arizona in your case).  Also check for obsidian in the rocks shops, if any.

[iowabow]

OK THAT IS SOME GOOD INFO!

[stickbender]

     If you wander around a bit, you can find some thick fused glass, that glows in the dark........ 

                                                           Wayne