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Thought I'd show you guys back east some Obsidian, but I'd misplaced my pictures. Actually they were filed in a folder that I wasn't looking into. I'd seen them, knew I had them but couldn't find them, and it was driving me nuts. They are found and now I'll share.
This picture shows Glass Butte, midway between Bend and Burns on Hiway 27. It's not as far out in the pucker brush as some areas, but it's a long drive from anywhere. Every year during college spring break, a large group of knappers gather here and camp, knap bifaces, and mine obsidian. The next area shows obsidian on the surface. What you are looking at is all obsidian, there are different colors, red, black and silver sheen, but it's mostly black. The first photo gives you an idea of the scope of this flow, while the second shows a closeup. 
The entire mountain isn't like this, this is just one area, there is much more lava rock than there is obsidian, but there is lots of obsidian. The next photo shows a large vein of black. There is also a vein just like this that is red, that is located up near the top of the mountain, and if you don't mind your rig taking a beating and have four wheel drive, you can drive to it, I've been there but didn't get pictures. 
The next scenes are going to show Wagontire Mountain, and it's relationship with Glass Butte. 
The first picture is Wagontire Mountain looking north, the second was taken on the west end of the mountain, at the head of Lost Creek, looking toward Glass Butte in the distance. Way out on the flat between Glass Butte and the location of this picture, is where Meek got lost with the wagon train he was guiding, and they were going to hang him, but he got away, hence the name of the creek.
That last picture will give you an idea of the quality of roads in the area, and the next will show a close up showing the large obsidian rocks in among the lava flows. I think these obsidian rocks were blown here by Glass Butte, because there are no real obsidian flows on Wagontire. 
This obsidian isn't the quality you find over at Glass Butte, it's all very dark black, and seems to me to be more dense, and in fact I've mistaken some basalt artifact finds, thinking they were of this type of obsidian. But this stuff is real obsidian, all you got to do is bust it, which is how we found out it was glass. 
This is not lost creek, it's flowing off the mountain to the south, and then turns east, while Lost Creek flows west. This is the area we camped, and the photo is taken where the creek crosses the road. 
And this closeup shows the creek. The black rocks are obsidian, the rest lava rock. The next picture is the point I picked up on the top of the ground, right off the road berm, 
right there by the creek.
This picture shows Glass Butte, midway between Bend and Burns on Hiway 27. It's not as far out in the pucker brush as some areas, but it's a long drive from anywhere. Every year during college spring break, a large group of knappers gather here and camp, knap bifaces, and mine obsidian. The next area shows obsidian on the surface. What you are looking at is all obsidian, there are different colors, red, black and silver sheen, but it's mostly black. The first photo gives you an idea of the scope of this flow, while the second shows a closeup. The entire mountain isn't like this, this is just one area, there is much more lava rock than there is obsidian, but there is lots of obsidian. The next photo shows a large vein of black. There is also a vein just like this that is red, that is located up near the top of the mountain, and if you don't mind your rig taking a beating and have four wheel drive, you can drive to it, I've been there but didn't get pictures. The next scenes are going to show Wagontire Mountain, and it's relationship with Glass Butte. The first picture is Wagontire Mountain looking north, the second was taken on the west end of the mountain, at the head of Lost Creek, looking toward Glass Butte in the distance. Way out on the flat between Glass Butte and the location of this picture, is where Meek got lost with the wagon train he was guiding, and they were going to hang him, but he got away, hence the name of the creek.That last picture will give you an idea of the quality of roads in the area, and the next will show a close up showing the large obsidian rocks in among the lava flows. I think these obsidian rocks were blown here by Glass Butte, because there are no real obsidian flows on Wagontire. This obsidian isn't the quality you find over at Glass Butte, it's all very dark black, and seems to me to be more dense, and in fact I've mistaken some basalt artifact finds, thinking they were of this type of obsidian. But this stuff is real obsidian, all you got to do is bust it, which is how we found out it was glass. This is not lost creek, it's flowing off the mountain to the south, and then turns east, while Lost Creek flows west. This is the area we camped, and the photo is taken where the creek crosses the road. And this closeup shows the creek. The black rocks are obsidian, the rest lava rock. The next picture is the point I picked up on the top of the ground, right off the road berm, right there by the creek.
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