rockhounding
Southwest
25 researched sites15 legal to collect
Black Hills, Safford AZ: fire agateAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Blanchard Mine, Bingham NMMineral locality · Permission required
›Burro Creek AZ: fire agateAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Crystal Hill, La Posa AZCrystal locality · Legal to collect
›Deming NM: Big Diggins thunderegg bedsAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Deming NM: Cookes Peak agate and carnelian apronsAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Diamond Point, Payson AZCrystal locality · Legal to collect
›Dixon NM: Harding Pegmatite Mine (UNM)Mineral locality · Permission required
›Duncan AZ: Round Mountain BLM fire agate bedsAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Four Peaks AZ: amethystCrystal locality · Restricted
›Fourth of July Butte AZ: fire agateAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Glenwood NM: Shelton Canyon fluorite diggingsMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Kelly Mine, Magdalena NM: smithsoniteMineral locality · Permission required
›Kilbourne Hole NM: peridotGem locality · Legal to collect
›Luna NM: Luna geode and blue agate groundAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Mamfe / Cameroon blue sapphireGem locality · Gray area
›Mule Creek NM: Apache tear obsidian nodulesMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Ojo Laguna, Chihuahua MX: Laguna agateAgate beach or gravel · Restricted
›Ojuela Mine, Mapimi MX: adamiteMineral locality · Permission required
›Pecos Valley NM: Pecos diamondsCrystal locality · Legal to collect
›Petrified Forest NP AZ - AVOIDFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Red Cloud Mine, AZ: wulfeniteMineral locality · Restricted
›Rockhound State Park, Deming NMGem locality · Legal to collect
›San Carlos AZ: Peridot Mesa (tribal permit)Gem locality · Licence or permit
›Tonopah AZ: Saddle Mountain fire agate slopesAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
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