Explore named opportunities across all 50 states, then inspect authoritative geological maps for the rocks around them.
Shaded states have listings matching the selected filters. Choose a state to see named places; source links supply directions and boundaries.
The USGS map shows rock units from loose sediments to bedrock. These units suggest what to investigate; they do not prove a gem deposit, a find probability or permission to collect.
External USGS service. Its national viewer was released for the lower 48; use the state-map directory for Alaska and Hawaii. Embedded availability depends on the provider.
Geological maps for all 50 states ↗Reported materials: Quartz
DEEP permit required for a sponsored educational group. No walk-in collecting; follow permit limits and required safety equipment.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Jasper, Drusy quartz, Iron oxides
Geology is documented, but this listing grants no access or collecting rights. Identify the parcel and obtain land-manager permission first.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Olivine, Basalt
Observation only. Leave rocks and minerals in place; follow current volcanic hazard closures.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Fossil plants, Marine fossils
Obtain the required day permit and reporting form. No excavation or commercial collecting. Use only areas allowed by the permit.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Marine fossils, Brachiopods
Collect only from the designated piles behind the interpretive-center parking lot. Removal from the fossil beds or riverbank is prohibited.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Devonian marine fossils
Collect fossils in the designated quarry area only. Confirm current tool and group rules with Floyd County Conservation.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Marine fossils, Fossil clams
Private property with visitor access subject to owner rules. No fossil hunting or climbing; observe only.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Agate
Reported agate locality, not a public collecting site. Obtain parcel-specific landowner permission; do not enter creeks through private land.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Petrified wood, Petrified palmwood
Broad geological formation lead only. No collecting parcel or public entrance has been confirmed; secure landowner permission before any field visit.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Shark teeth, Marine fossils
Use the open beach only. Climbing cliffs, walking beneath them and collecting beneath them are prohibited because of landslides.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Rhodonite, Rhodochrosite, Garnet, Pyrite
Arrange permission at least 48 hours ahead. Tailings only; stay away from flooded pits and buildings. Five-gallon maximum; proper rock tools and safety gear required.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Lake Superior agate
Buy the current chamber permit and display the receipt. Obtain the official pit map; this map pin is only the Moose Lake locality.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Shark teeth, Cretaceous marine fossils
Park geology and fossil activity are documented. Confirm current entry, creek conditions and specimen-removal rules with the park before collecting.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Agate
Personal surface rock collecting only on eligible Forest Service parcels. No digging; exclude private inholdings, developed and protected sites. Confirm parcel boundaries and limits with the Forest Service.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Jasper, Chalcedony
Main-unit personal collecting limit is 15 pounds per person; no commercial collecting. Check current park restrictions and do not assume the same permission applies elsewhere.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Marine fossils
Registration and supervision required; no independent digging. Fossils go to the State Fossil Collection, not home with participants.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Selenite
Stay in the designated digging zone. Personal limit: 10 pounds plus one large cluster per day; no sale. Check refuge closures.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Marine fossils
Keep fossils from the designated pit; follow posted pit rules and current operator notices.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Quartz
Historical geological documentation does not establish current collecting rights. Obtain town or landowner permission before removing material. This is not the South Carolina fee mine.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Gem concentrate
Paid sluicing activity uses supplied mining material; this is not evidence of naturally occurring Tennessee gemstones. Follow operator bucket and equipment rules.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Pennsylvanian marine fossils
Collect only in designated areas using permitted small garden tools; follow posted rules. Do not confuse this municipal park with the state park.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold
State parks documentation mentions gold panning, but current equipment rules and collecting boundaries need confirmation. Contact the park before panning.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Staurolite fairy stones
Use the designated fairy-stone hunting area. Hand searching only; no digging tools. Obtain hunt-area directions rather than navigating to this approximate locality pin.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Amethyst, Ruby, Emerald, Quartz crystals
Paid gemstone panning with supplied material. Keep activity finds under operator rules; these gems are not a claim of native West Virginia deposits.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Lake Superior agate
Public beach access does not establish permission to remove stones. Confirm current collecting rules with the Town of Bell; this listing grants no rights on nearby protected shores.
Approximate locality pin, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Obtain official directions before travel.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Sandstone, Flagstone
Hand-pick previously excavated or exposed sandstone only, within permit terms. No heavy equipment. High-clearance four-wheel drive is required.
Approximate locality, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Use the official map and current land-manager directions.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Quartz, Quartzite
Small surface samples only. No digging or surface disturbance at the historic Quartz Hill area. Do not remove artifacts or disturb historic features.
Approximate locality, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Use the official map and current land-manager directions.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Feldspar, Quartz, Topaz, Phenakite, Garnet
Follow permit tool and quantity limits; 50 pounds or one five-gallon bucket per permit. No collecting outside authorized boundaries.
Approximate locality, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Use the official map and current land-manager directions.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Quartz, Feldspar
Collect only within the permitted site and follow current tool restrictions. Limit is 50 pounds or one five-gallon bucket per permit.
Approximate locality, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Use the official map and current land-manager directions.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Chalcedony
Personal surface collecting only in eligible BLM land. Avoid claims and private parcels; park safely away from highway traffic.
Approximate locality, not a verified entrance or collecting boundary. Use the official map and current land-manager directions.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Brachiopods, Corals, Devonian marine fossils
Keep fossils found in the designated pit; hammers, picks, shovels and similar tools are prohibited
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Diamonds, Amethyst, Garnet, Jasper, Quartz
Keep the diamonds, rocks and minerals you find within park limits
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Trilobites, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Corals
Visitors may collect and keep Devonian fossils
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Elrathia trilobites, Asaphiscus trilobites, Cambrian fossils
Visitors may keep the trilobites they collect
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Oregon sunstone, Clear feldspar, Yellow sunstone, Pink sunstone
Personal, noncommercial collection is allowed; never collect on a private claim without permission
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold, Gold-bearing quartz, Black sand, Gem concentrate
Pan the mine-provided ore in the designated visitor area
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold, Red garnet, Citrine, Fossils
Visitor access includes panning, sluicing and metal detecting; powered equipment has added fees
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Keokuk geodes, Quartz crystals, Calcite, Chalcedony
Paid dig includes up to 50 pounds of geodes; bring your own buckets and hand tools
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Drusy quartz, Chert, Dolomite, Common invertebrate fossils
Reasonable hand-size surface samples of common rocks, minerals and common fossils may be collected for personal use only
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Brachiopods, Crinoid fragments, Chert, Dolomite
Surface collection of reasonable personal-use amounts of common rocks, minerals and common invertebrate fossils is allowed
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Galena displays, Historic mining equipment, Mozarkite displays, Missouri mineral gallery
Look and learn only—collecting artifacts, rocks or minerals from Missouri state historic sites is not allowed
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Fine placer gold, Black sand, Quartz gravel, Iron-stained concentrates
Recreational gold panning means one person with a pan—no sluice box or suction dredge
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Quartz, Feldspar, Granite pegmatite, Common mineral specimens
Small quantities of common rocks and mineral specimens may be collected for personal, noncommercial use where open
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Agate, Jasper, Quartz, Petrified wood
The Forest lists a free-use permit for limited personal collection of rocks, minerals, eligible fossils and petrified wood
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Petrified redwood stumps, Fossil insects, Fossil leaves, Eocene ecosystem exhibits
View only—digging or collecting fossils, rocks, petrified wood, artifacts or any natural feature is strictly prohibited
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold
Recreational hand panning only; pack out all waste and check current forest alerts
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold
Pan or prospect only where open; verify the BLM mining-claims map before disturbing material
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold
Recreational mining is allowed on the BLM corridor; respect claims, closures and developed-site rules
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold
Work only within the public area and avoid adjacent mining claims
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold
Panning is prohibited on the adjacent mining claims
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold
Use a gold pan and small hand trowel only; sluices, rocker boxes, dredges and powered equipment are prohibited
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold
Pan within the wetted stream channel; do not excavate banks or disturb rooted vegetation
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Fire agate, Chalcedony, Agate with red, green and blue color play
Public digging is allowed for personal collecting; fill holes and respect posted boundaries
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Doubly terminated clear quartz, Singly terminated quartz, Payson diamonds
Collect only within the designated area using permitted hand methods
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Terminated quartz points, Clear quartz, Milky quartz, Quartz clusters
Collect quartz at the designated site; it is not an active mine, so work previously disturbed material responsibly
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Amethyst quartz crystals, Terminated amethyst, Feldspar, Beryl, Garnet
Use hand tools and comply with every condition printed on the site permit
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Petrified wood, Silicified fossil wood, Agatized-looking wood patterns
Collect only on open BLM land and confirm the current petrified-wood limit with the Spokane District Office
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Precious opal, Black fire opal, Common opal, Opalized fossil wood and limb casts
The operator states fee diggers keep the opal they find; scientifically or exceptionally significant material remains subject to current mine policy
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Black obsidian, Rainbow obsidian, Obsidian needles
Collect only in the four mapped areas and carry the permit and exhibits while collecting or transporting obsidian
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Black obsidian, Mahogany obsidian, Sheen obsidian, Rainbow obsidian
Collect reasonable personal-use amounts with hand tools; avoid claims, private parcels and protected sites
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Fossil mammals, Fossil plants, Ancient ecosystem exhibits, Volcanic-ash fossil beds
View only—collecting or disturbing fossils, rocks and natural features is prohibited
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Oregon sunstone, Copper-bearing sunstone, Teal sunstone
Paid diggers keep the Oregon sunstone they find under the selected dig option
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Oregon sunstone, Red sunstone, Green sunstone, Schiller sunstone
Keep finds according to the operator’s selected digging package
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Herkimer diamonds, Quartz crystals, Drusy quartz
Keep the Herkimer quartz crystals and drusy specimens you find
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Herkimer diamonds, Quartz clusters, Skeletal quartz
Collect Herkimer quartz under the mine’s current rules and orientation
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Herkimer diamonds, Quartz crystals, Dolostone vugs
Keep the Herkimer quartz crystals found during the paid prospecting session
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Quartz crystals, Clear quartz, Smoky quartz, Amethyst
Take home all quartz crystals found in the designated digging area
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Quartz crystals, Smoky quartz, Phantom quartz, Amethyst
Keep crystals found under the selected mine-tour or tailings option
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Quartz crystals, Calcite, Iron-coated quartz
Keep quartz collected under current mine limits
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Precious opal, Black opal, Opalized wood, Common opal
Keep opal found under the selected digging option
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Benitoite, Neptunite, Joaquinite, Natrolite
Keep eligible material under the operator’s current collecting terms
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Tourmaline, Lepidolite, Quartz, Feldspar
Keep eligible tourmaline and pegmatite minerals under current mine terms
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Beryl, Aquamarine, Rose quartz, Tourmaline
Keep native minerals collected under the mine’s rules
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Ruby, Sapphire, Garnet, Quartz
The operator identifies the mine as unsalted; keep finds under posted terms
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Emerald, Hiddenite, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Quartz
Keep eligible gems found within the areas covered by the permit
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Tourmaline, Quartz, Beryl, Feldspar, Garnet
Keep specimens recovered from purchased material or authorized field-trip ground
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Montana sapphire, Garnet, Quartz
Keep sapphires recovered from the mine’s gravel; optional treatment and cutting are separate
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Amethyst, Smoky quartz, Clear quartz, Quartz crystals
Personal mineral collecting is allowed under posted Forest Service limits
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Mica, Feldspar, Beryl, Uranium minerals, Quartz
Paid visitors may collect up to the operator’s posted bucket limit
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Quartz, Amethyst, Smoky quartz, Skeletal quartz, Aquamarine
Keep native specimens found at the mine within the posted load limit
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Precious opal, Fire opal, Common opal, Opal matrix
Keep eligible opal under the selected experience terms
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Topaz, Quartz crystals, Bixbyite, Rhyolite
Collect reasonable personal-use specimens on open public land and respect active claims and closures
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Quartz geodes, Amethyst geodes, Rose quartz, Chalcedony
Collect reasonable personal-use amounts while avoiding claims, protected resources and closed areas
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Fire agate, Chalcedony, Quartz, Jasper
Rockhound only within open public land and follow current BLM regulations
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Almandine garnet, Rhyolite, Volcanic specimens
Search surface material or carefully break rhyolite while following posted public-land rules
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Geodes, Quartz crystals, Chalcedony, Agate
Collect only on open public land and verify boundaries, wilderness restrictions and active claims
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Garnet, Fossiliferous limestone
Collect on open public land outside the adjacent wilderness and leave mine workings undisturbed
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Idaho star garnet, Almandine garnet
Each permit holder may collect up to two pounds of garnet under the current site rules
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Fossil fish, Fossil plants, Fossil insects, Green River Formation specimens
Visitors keep essentially all fish, plant and insect fossils found; exceptionally valuable rare specimens are excluded under operator policy
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Fossil fish, Fossil plants, Fossil insects, Fossil coprolites
The operator states that guests keep the fish, plant, insect and other fossils they find
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Fossil leaves, Fossil insects, Fossil fish, Eocene plant material
All finds must be identified by staff; visitors may keep three fossils per day unless a specimen is scientifically significant
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Shark teeth, Marine fossils, Cretaceous shells, Fossil fragments
Follow educator instructions and the museum’s current policy for handling and retaining finds
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Beach finds, Modern coins, Jewelry, Metal litter
All recovered items must be checked by park staff; leave artifacts in place, fill small recovery holes and surrender protected or identifiable property
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Beach finds, Modern coins, Jewelry, Metal litter
Have every recovery reviewed by park staff; historic artifacts stay in place and lost property may be returned to its owner
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Beach finds, Modern coins, Jewelry, Metal litter
Do not keep objects with historic association or anything over 50 years old; turn protected or identifiable finds over to staff
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Beach finds, Modern coins, Jewelry, Metal litter
Follow all permit boundaries and report protected, historic or identifiable property as required
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Beach finds, Modern coins, Jewelry, Metal litter
Stay inside the permit area and comply with New York State Parks rules for artifacts and lost property
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Beach finds, Modern coins, Jewelry, Metal litter
Carry proof of registration, use only size-limited recovery tools, remove litter and notify staff of historic, archaeological or $10-plus finds
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Beach finds, Modern coins, Jewelry, Metal litter
Carry registration, keep tools within size limits, refill disturbances and report historic, archaeological or $10-plus finds
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Beach finds, Modern coins, Jewelry, Metal litter
Detect only in the authorized sand and shoreline area; carry registration and report historic, archaeological or $10-plus finds
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold, Black sand, Quartz gravel
Pan-and-shovel prospecting only; do not disturb historic structures, artifacts or closed ground
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold, Black sand, Quartz gravel
Hand tools and pans only within the designated area; sluice boxes, rockers and motorized or mechanized mining equipment are prohibited
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold, Gold flakes, Black sand
Gold recovered in the visitor pan may be bottled as a take-home souvenir under site policy
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold, Gold flakes, Black sand, Quartz gravel
Keep eligible gold recovered during the selected operator experience
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold, Gold flakes, Black sand, Quartz gravel
The operator states visitors may keep the gold they recover during the panning experience
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Placer gold, Gold panning concentrate, Black sand
Use the provided station under park staff guidance and follow current take-home rules
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Reported materials: Precious opal, Black fire opal, Common opal, Opalized wood
Keep eligible precious opal, common opal and opalized material under the mine’s current fee-dig terms
Map coordinates are approximate. Check official directions and property boundaries.
Open full field brief → · Access source ↗Conservative count: older records without explicit public ownership and collecting-method review are excluded. Every state remains searchable, but comprehensive public-site coverage is unfinished.
| State | Checked public collecting listings | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 0 | Access research needed |
| Alaska | 3 | Partial — more research needed |
| Arizona | 2 | Partial — more research needed |
| Arkansas | 0 | Access research needed |
| California | 3 | Partial — more research needed |
| Colorado | 2 | Partial — more research needed |
| Connecticut | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Delaware | 0 | Access research needed |
| Florida | 0 | Access research needed |
| Georgia | 0 | Access research needed |
| Hawaii | 0 | Access research needed |
| Idaho | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Illinois | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Indiana | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Iowa | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Kansas | 0 | Access research needed |
| Kentucky | 0 | Access research needed |
| Louisiana | 0 | Access research needed |
| Maine | 2 | Partial — more research needed |
| Maryland | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Massachusetts | 0 | Access research needed |
| Michigan | 0 | Access research needed |
| Minnesota | 0 | Access research needed |
| Mississippi | 0 | Access research needed |
| Missouri | 2 | Partial — more research needed |
| Montana | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Nebraska | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Nevada | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| New Hampshire | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| New Jersey | 0 | Access research needed |
| New Mexico | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| New York | 0 | Access research needed |
| North Carolina | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| North Dakota | 0 | Access research needed |
| Ohio | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Oklahoma | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Oregon | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Pennsylvania | 0 | Access research needed |
| Rhode Island | 0 | Access research needed |
| South Carolina | 0 | Access research needed |
| South Dakota | 0 | Access research needed |
| Tennessee | 0 | Access research needed |
| Texas | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Utah | 2 | Partial — more research needed |
| Vermont | 0 | Access research needed |
| Virginia | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Washington | 0 | Access research needed |
| West Virginia | 0 | Access research needed |
| Wisconsin | 1 | Partial — more research needed |
| Wyoming | 0 | Access research needed |
NPS rock and mineral introduction ↗USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map — lower 48 ↗NPS state geological maps — all 50 states ↗