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Opal Hill Mine (Mule Mtns) Fire Agate, CA

Gem locality Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: fire agate in the Mule Mountains volcanics near Palo Verde

Established fire-agate fee-dig mine documented on mindat and in southwestern rockhounding guides.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Extreme desert heat, remote, digging

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