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California
Clear Creek Management Area, San Benito CA
Mineral locality Documented siteLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Agates and jasper
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: jadeite, serpentine, cinnabar.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: serpentine barrens of the New Idria district, famed for jadeite, plasma agate and rare minerals, now under a BLM permit system
BLM runs a formal visitor permit program for the CCMA; the district's minerals are extensively documented
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Naturally occurring asbestos dust is the controlling hazard: visit damp-seasonKeep dust down, wash gear
remote rough roads, no services
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