Rockhounding and fossil sites in Oregon
Rockhounding and fossil sites in Oregon, each compiled from its own sources: what you can collect, how much, and the agency rule. No ratings; every entry carries its status.
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- Bear Creek Petrified Wood SiteBrothers · Recreational rockhounding areaA BLM petrified-wood collecting area in Crook County, Oregon, 13 miles north of Brothers, where the better wood lies a few feet down in soft soil.
- Congleton Hollow Limb Cast SitePrineville · Limb cast collecting siteA 640-acre Bureau of Land Management collecting ground in the high desert southeast of Prineville, Oregon, where limb casts and opalized wood turn up in blue, pink, and green.
- Dendrite Butte Limb Cast SiteCrook County · Limb castsA free public limb-cast collecting ground southeast of Prineville, Oregon, where agate fills the hollows left by wood that volcanic ash burned away.
- Eagle Rock Agate SitePrineville · Rockhound collection siteA 150-acre BLM rockhounding site on a juniper-covered tuff formation shaped like a perched eagle, 16 miles southeast of Prineville, Oregon, where plume agate lies in the cliff face.
- Fischer Canyon Collecting SiteBrothers · Public rock collecting areaA free BLM rock-collecting ground of 640 acres in the Crook County high desert south of Prineville, where white calcite glows pink under ultraviolet light.
- Glass Butte Obsidian Collection Areabetween Bend and Burns · Rockhounding areaA 36-square-mile Bureau of Land Management rockhounding ground off U.S. 20 in Lake County, Oregon, where the dirt road in is paved with chips of obsidian.
- Hampton Butte Petrified Wood SiteBLM public collection site for petrified woodA 120-acre Bureau of Land Management collecting ground for petrified wood in the junipers northeast of Brothers, Oregon, known among rockhounds for wood that runs turquoise to dark green.
- Maury Mountain Moss Agate BedsPost · Moss agate collecting siteThe agate beds near Elkhorn Campground have also been known to attract rock hounds.
- North Ochoco Reservoir Collecting SitePrineville · Rockhound collection siteShores of Ochoco Reservoir is a rockhounding site in Oregon. Collectors have recorded ochoco jasper.
- Oregon Sunstone Public Collection AreaPlush · Public collection areaThe BLM-overseen public collection area is in remote Rabbit Basin in south-central Oregon's high desert.
- Succor Creek State Natural Areanear Ontario · State natural areaA deep, rocky canyon and remote haven for rock hounds and wildlife watchers with limited souvenir collecting, day-use areas, and free primitive camping.
- Whistler Springs Thunderegg SitePrineville · Rockhound collection siteAlthough this site has been worked by rockhounds for many years, quality thundereggs can still be found by determined rockhounds.
- White Fir Springs Thunderegg BedPrineville · Public rockhound collection areaThundereggs filled with colorful jasper in shades of red, yellow, tan and creamy white; they can be difficult to remove from the hard rhyolite matrix, so bring hand tools adequate for breaking rock.
Rockhounding in all eleven states; next door in Nevada and California.