rockhounding
New Mexico
29 researched sites10 legal to collect
Apache Creek agate, Catron CountyAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Apache Tears (Deming / Little Florida Mtns)Mineral locality · Legal to collect
›Baker Egg / Round Mountain thundereggs, New MexicoAgate beach or gravel · Permission required
›Baker Ranch Geode Beds, NMGeode bed · Permission required
›Bingham / Hansonburg (Blanchard) MineralsMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Blanchard Mine (Hansonburg), NMMineral locality · Permission required
›Cerrillos Turquoise DistrictGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Cerro Pedernal chert slopesMineral locality · Gray area
›Clayton Lake State Park tracksiteFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Fluorite Ridge, DemingMineral locality · Permission required
›Ghost Ranch / Coelophysis Quarry (NM, restricted)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Hansonburg / Bingham fluorite-barite, New MexicoMineral locality · Permission required
›Harding Pegmatite Mine, NMMineral locality · Permission required
›Kilbourne Hole (Peridot / Olivine bombs)Gem locality · Legal to collect
›Kilbourne Hole peridot, New MexicoGem locality · Legal to collect
›Kilbourne Hole, NMGem locality · Legal to collect
›Orogrande district, Jarilla MountainsMineral locality · Gray area
›Pecos Diamonds (Roswell area), NMMineral locality · Gray area
›Petaca Pegmatite District, NMMineral locality · Gray area
›Prehistoric Trackways National MonumentFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Ricolite Gulch, RedrockMineral locality · Permission required
›Rincon chalcedony bedsAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Rio Grande / Jasper and Agate (Elephant Butte area)Agate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Rockhound State ParkAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Rockhound State Park, New MexicoAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Round Mountain Smoky Quartz (Grant County)Crystal locality · Gray area
›Tijeras Canyon roadcutsFossil site · Gray area
›Tres Hermanas Mountains, NMGem locality · Gray area
›Zuni Mountains fluorite minesMineral locality · Gray area
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