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Oregon, Idaho

Rome gravel bars, Owyhee River

Agate beach or gravel Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
Petrified woodPetrified wood

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Jon Sullivan (Public domain).

Why this spot

Owyhee River gravels below the Rome cliffs carrying agate, jasper and petrified wood

Long collected reach noted in southeastern Oregon field guides.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remoteness, river levels

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