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Along the old abandoned railroad grade of Marshall Pass you can find jasper, marble, geodes, picture sandstone, rhyolite, and fossils. Read more...

The Fossil Digging Experience The Florissant Fossil Quarry is located in the small Colorado mountain town of Florissant which lies in the shadow of Pike’s Peak. Our family friendly fossil digging quarry is essentially a large shale bed. Many millions of years ago, volcanic ash trapped layers of living animals and plants in the shale. The shale is easy to Read more...

Round Mountain BLM Rockhound Area is one of the nation’s largest rockhounding sites for the elusive Fire Agate — nature’s pearl of the desert. Find fire agate, quartz crystal rose, geodes and many more specimens amongst a snow-like blanket field of chalcedony just waiting to be picked up off the ground. No need to dig within this rockhounders “field of Read more...

Described as either a floating workhorse or a mechanical gold pan, Gold Dredge 8 extracted millions of ounces of gold from the frozen Alaskan ground. Today, Gold Dredge 8 National Historic District serves as a monument to the hard working miners who built Fairbanks. Gold Dredge 8 is also a National Engineering Landmark. Gold Dredge 8 operated between 1928 and Read more...

One of the World’s largest garnet deposits Largest garnet crystals in the world Source for the New York State Gemstone & the January birthstone… Garnet Oldest family owned and operated mine in the United States ANYONE can find a gem quality garnet without using tools Located in the scenic Adirondack Mountains, 2400 feet above sea level Fantastic panoramic views over Read more...

Jacob’s Geode Mine is located in Hamilton, IL and owned by Gary Jacob. Pay $25/bucket to dig your own Keokuk Geode.   Read more...