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Nevada, Oregon
Royal Peacock Opal Mine (Virgin Valley), NV
Gem locality Source-confirmed findsPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
OpalPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Dpulitzer (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: precious and black opal, often as opalized wood, in Miocene lakebed ash (Virgin Valley)
Long-running commercial fee-dig opal mine in the world-famous Virgin Valley opal field.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Digging in wet clay banksRemote high desert, no cell service
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