rockhounding
British Columbia
57 researched sites5 legal to collect
Agate Beach, Naikoon, Haida GwaiiAgate beach or gravel · Prohibited, look only
›Ashcroft / Cache Creek agate, BCAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Barkerville / Wells (Cariboo goldfields)Gold ground · Gray area
›Beaverdell silver campMineral locality · Gray area
›Bralorne-Pioneer gold campGold ground · Permission required
›Britannia Mine copper, BCMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Burgess Shale (Yoho / Kootenay)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Cache Creek agate bedsAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Cassiar Nephrite Jade, Dease LakeGem locality · Gray area
›Cassiar nephrite jade districtGem locality · Gray area
›Cherryville gold panning on Cherry CreekGold ground · Licence or permit
›China Creek near Port AlberniGold ground · Gray area
›China Creek, Port AlberniAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Coal Creek ammonites, FernieFossil site · Gray area
›Collishaw Point, Hornby IslandFossil site · Gray area
›Deadman River valleyAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Driftwood Canyon fossil bedsFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Granite Creek at CoalmontGold ground · Gray area
›Hat Creek amberAmber shore · Permission required
›Horsefly River placersGold ground · Gray area
›Keremeos / Similkameen agate and jasperAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Leech River gold, Sooke HillsGold ground · Permission required
›Lightning Creek at WellsGold ground · Gray area
›Lillooet / Bridge River jade and placerGem locality · Gray area
›Manson Creek placersGold ground · Gray area
›McAbee Fossil Beds, near Cache CreekFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Mission Creek, KelownaGold ground · Gray area
›Monte Lake agate, near KamloopsAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Mount Stephen Trilobite Beds, FieldFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Muir Creek fossil beachFossil site · Gray area
›Ogden Mountain jade, near HazeltonGem locality · Gray area
›Paradise mine road, Toby CreekMineral locality · Permission required
›Perry Creek placers, CranbrookGold ground · Gray area
›Phoenix mine dumps, Grand ForksMineral locality · Gray area
›Princeton petrified wood (Vermilion Bluffs/Whipsaw)Fossil site · Gray area
›Puntledge River fossil bedsFossil site · Permission required
›Qualicum to Parksville dallasite beachesAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Quesnel River placers at LikelyGold ground · Gray area
›Quilchena fossil bedsFossil site · Permission required
›Riondel Bluebell mine areaMineral locality · Gray area
›Rock Candy Mine (fluorite), near Grand ForksCrystal locality · Legal to collect
›Rock Candy Mine, Grand ForksMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Rock Creek and Kettle River placersGold ground · Gray area
›Rossland gold campGold ground · Gray area
›Sandon / Slocan silver campMineral locality · Gray area
›Scotch Creek, ShuswapGold ground · Gray area
›Sheep Creek gold camp, SalmoGold ground · Gray area
›Similkameen River at Bromley RockGold ground · Gray area
›Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, BCMineral locality · Gray area
›Texada Island flowerstone beachesMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Tranquille River gravelsGold ground · Gray area
›Trent River fossil exposuresFossil site · Gray area
›TulameenGold ground · Gray area
›Tumbler Ridge dinosaur trackwaysFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Vedder River panning, ChilliwackGold ground · Gray area
›Walcott Quarry (Burgess Shale), YohoFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Zeballos gold campGold ground · Gray area
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