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Texas, Chihuahua

Study Butte / Terlingua area, Brewster County, TX

Mineral locality Documented siteGray 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: mercury district and Big Bend volcanic gravels

Historic Terlingua mining district and surrounding agate gravels documented in Trans-Pecos guides and mindat.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Extreme heatRemote, old mine workings, snakes

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