rockhounding
West
77 researched sites40 legal to collect
Agate Beach / Yachats ORAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›American Fossil Quarry, Kemmerer WYFossil site · Permission required
›Bandon & Gold Beach OR: beach agateAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Biggs Junction OR: Biggs jasperAgate beach or gravel · Restricted
›Black Rock UT: Millard County obsidian flatsMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Bonanza Opal Mine, Virgin Valley NVOpal field · Permission required
›Brian Head UT: dendritic agate slopesAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Bruneau Canyon ID: Bruneau jasperAgate beach or gravel · Restricted
›Caribou Creek AK: Glenn Highway gold canyonGold ground · Legal to collect
›Creede CO: amethystCrystal locality · Restricted
›Crow Creek Mine AK: Girdwood fee panningGold ground · Licence or permit
›Crystal Park MT: quartzCrystal locality · Legal to collect
›Crystal Peak / Lake George COCrystal locality · Permission required
›Damon Point / Ocean Shores WA: agateAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Devils Head CO: topazCrystal locality · Legal to collect
›Dugway Geode Beds UTGem locality · Legal to collect
›Dust Devil / Spectrum Sunstone Mine, Plush ORGem locality · Permission required
›Eastgate / Middlegate NV: petrified woodFossil site · Legal to collect
›Ellensburg WA: Ellensburg Blue agateAgate beach or gravel · Restricted
›Emerald Creek ID: star garnetsGem locality · Permission required
›Fairburn Agate Beds SDAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Gallatin Petrified Forest MT: Tom Miner BasinFossil site · Licence or permit
›Garnet Hill, Ely NVGem locality · Legal to collect
›Gem Mountain, Philipsburg MT (sapphire buckets)Gem locality · Permission required
›Gem Mountain, Philipsburg MT: sapphireGem locality · Permission required
›Gemfield, Goldfield NVAgate beach or gravel · Permission required
›Glass Butte OR: rainbow obsidianMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Gold Daughters AK: Fairbanks paydirt panningGold ground · Licence or permit
›Graveyard Point ID/OR: plume agateAgate beach or gravel · Restricted
›Guernsey WY: youngite & agateAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Hampton Butte OR: green petrified wood bedsFossil site · Legal to collect
›Hansen Creek WA: Snoqualmie quartz digsCrystal locality · Legal to collect
›Hawaii: Papakolea green sand beach, Ka LaeCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Hell Creek, MT: Cretaceous fossilsFossil site · Restricted
›Holleywood Ranch OR: petrified woodFossil site · Permission required
›Juniper Ridge Opal Mine, Lakeview OROpal field · Permission required
›Kemmerer WY: Green River fish fossilsFossil site · Permission required
›Lucky Strike Mine OR: thundereggsGem locality · Permission required
›Moolack Beach OR: Newport agate stretchAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Mount Antero CO: aquamarineGem locality · Restricted
›Overton NV: Valley of Fire wonderstone (look only)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›PaleoAdventures, Belle Fourche SDFossil site · Permission required
›Petersen Mountain, Hallelujah Junction NV: quartz sceptersCrystal locality · Gray area
›Petersville AK: state recreational mining areaGold ground · Legal to collect
›Quartzville Creek OR: BLM gold panning corridorGold ground · Legal to collect
›Racehorse Creek WA: plant fossilsFossil site · Legal to collect
›Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine, Virgin Valley NVOpal field · Permission required
›Red Rock Mine MT: Ruby Valley garnet bucketsGem locality · Licence or permit
›Red Top Mountain WA: agate & geodesAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Richardson's Rock Ranch, Madras ORGem locality · Permission required
›Royal Peacock Opal Mine, Denio NVOpal field · Permission required
›Royston district, Tonopah NV: turquoiseGem locality · Permission required
›Ruby Rapids ID: Salmon River garnet sandsGem locality · Legal to collect
›Saddle Mountains WA: Mattawa petrified woodFossil site · Legal to collect
›Sapphire Gallery, Philipsburg MTGem locality · Permission required
›Sharps Creek OR: Bohemia district panningGold ground · Legal to collect
›Spencer Opal Mines IDOpal field · Permission required
›Spokane Bar, Helena MT: sapphiresGem locality · Permission required
›St. Peters Dome CO: amazonite & topazCrystal locality · Legal to collect
›Stonerose, Republic WA: Eocene plant fossilsFossil site · Permission required
›Succor Creek OR: thundereggsGem locality · Legal to collect
›Sunstone Public Collection Area, Plush ORGem locality · Legal to collect
›Sweetwater WY: Wyoming jadeMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Topaz Mountain UTGem locality · Legal to collect
›Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM, Las Vegas NVFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Two Medicine Dinosaur Center, Bynum MTFossil site · Permission required
›U-Dig Fossils, House Range UTFossil site · Permission required
›Ulrich's Fossil Gallery, Kemmerer WYFossil site · Permission required
›Virgin Valley NV: fire opalOpal field · Permission required
›Walker Valley WA: geodesGem locality · Legal to collect
›Warfield Fossils, Thayne WYFossil site · Permission required
›Weeks, Fernley NV: selenite crystal flatsCrystal locality · Legal to collect
›White Fir Springs OR: Ochoco jasper thundereggsAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Wiggins Fork WY: Dubois agate and wood gravelsAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Wonderstone Mountain, Fallon NV: banded rhyoliteMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Yellowstone River MT: moss agateAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Yuba / Lake Sevier UT: red agateAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
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