Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site

As with most BLM-administered public land, collecting a limited amount of rock is allowed (generally 15 pounds, or a small bucket full) for non-commercial personal use. Please respect the land and leave the area in better shape than you found it. This area has been trashed in the past by those using it as a garbage dump and public access may be further restricted if this recurs.

According to one legend, the origin of the term “Apache Tears” for these small obsidian nodules is as follows.
In July 1870, a band of about 75 Apaches responsible for an earlier raid was surprised by US Calvary troops on a rugged mountain top overlooking what is now Superior, Arizona. The outnumbered Apache warriors who escaped the initial volley of gunfire deliberately jumped off the steep cliff face of the mountain to their deaths. The bereaved families and friends of the Apache braves gathered at the base of the cliffs and mourned for days following the tragedy. Legend is that their tears turned into stone upon hitting the ground and the translucent gray to black nodules of obsidian found nearby are commonly called Apache Tears. The place in Arizona where this occurred is now known as Apache Leap Mountain.
The metric photo scales in the cache container may be used to answer at least one of the questions required to log the nearby EarthCache, “Perlite Prospect”.
The most difficult part of finding this GeoCache may be figuring out the access to it. It is located on BLM-administered public lands and access is not restricted – use your geocaching sense and powers of observation to find a way…………you should be able to get within 100m or less with high clearance 2WD, closer with 4WD.
Keep your eyes open in the vicinity of the cache for Desert Horned Lizards (“Horny toads”) that frequent the area. See article on them at this NDOW web link: (visit link)