Rock Collecting Sites

Rock Collecting Sites

These websites list many collecting localities, rock hounding news and information, and scenic geologic features:

Canada

Canadian Rockhound http://www.canadianrockhound.com/

Mineralogy of Nova Scotia (Canada) http://is2.dal.ca/~dommelen/mainrock.html

Mont Saint-Hilaire (Near Québec, Canada) http://www.ssc.on.ca/mandm/mshhome.html

Rock Collecting Sites: Ontario, Canada http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/canada.htm

Rock Collecting Sites (Ontario, Canada) http://www.cgocable.net/~hubbeard/mine.htm

Mineral Collecting at Bancroft area (Canada) http://www.commerce.bancroft.on.ca/collect.htm

United States (General Directories)

Rock Collecting Sites (North America) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/sites.htm

Collecting Sites Index at Bob's Rock Shop (U.S. & Canada) http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/siteindx.html#az

Desert Rock Hounding, Treasure Hunting & Gold Prospecting at DesertUSA (Southwestern States) http://www.desertusa.com/Thingstodo/du_ttd_treasure.html

Fossil Collecting sites in North America at The Fossil Hunter http://www.iwaynet.net/~mperona/fossil.htm

Rock Collecting Around the USA - State by State http://www.gemandmineral.com/states.html

Arizona - Arkansas

Arizona (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/az.htm

Arizona Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/azsites.html

Rockhounding in Tucson (Arizona) http://ag.arizona.edu/change/205/students/rokhound.html

Arizona Fee Collecting Sites http://www.commean.com/rocks/arizona/

Rockhounding Arkansas http://rockhoundingar.com/

Arkansas (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/ar.htm

Crater of Diamond State Park (Fee Site, Murfreesboro, AR) ht9p://www.yournet.com/crater.html

Crystal Hill Mine (Mount Ida, Arkansas) http://www.shamrockcrystals.com/mtida/chill/index.htm

Rockhounding, Mineral Collecting, and Our National Forests (Ouachita Natl. Forest, AR) http://www.fs.fed.us/oonf/minerals/rockhound.htm

Arkansas Fee Collection Sites http://www.commean.com/rocks/arkansas/page2.htm

California - Georgia

Collecting Fossils in California http://www.gtlsys.com/

California (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/ca.htm

Rockhounding in Colorado http://www.frii.com/~cvpark/rcksmin.html

Georgia (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/ga.htm

Georgia Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/gasites.html

Idaho - Kentucky

Idaho Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/idsites.html

Indiana Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/insites.html

Iowa and Missouri Fee Collecting Sites http://www.commean.com/rocks/hamilton/

Iowa Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/iasites.html

Fossils of Kentucky http://www.uky.edu/KGS/coal/webfossl/fosslbig.htm

Maine - Montana

Maine Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/mesites.html

Gem Tourmaline Locations in Maine http://members.aol.com/flagman55/MaineMineralTourmaline.html

Maine (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/me.htm

Maine's Mineral Collectors Site http://members.aol.com/flagman55/MaineMineralCollecting.html

Maryland (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/md.htm

Massachusetts Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/masites.html

Massachusetts (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/ma.htm

Michigan (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/mi.htm

Michigan (Rock Collecting in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan)

http://www.exploringthenorth.com/rocks/collect.html

Montana Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/mtsites.html

Nevada - New Jersey

Nevada Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/nvsites.html

New Hampshire Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/nhsites.html

New Jersey (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/nj.htm

New Jersey Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/njsites.html

Fossils of New Jersey http://home.earthlink.net/~skurth/

New Mexico - North Carolina

New Mexico Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/nmsites.html

New Mexico (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/nm.htm

New York Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/nysites.html

New York (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/ny.htm

North Carolina Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/ncsites.html

North Carolina Fee-for-Entry-Sites http://www.commean.com/rocks/nc_ffe/

Emerald City (Hiddenite, NC) http://www.nando.net/ncd/week7/hiddenweb.html

Fossil Finder (North Carolina) http://www.nando.net/ncd/week13/fossilweb.html

Ohio - Pennsylvania

Ohio (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/oh.htm

Oklahoma (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/ok.htm

Oklahoma Crystal Collecting http://www.oklahoma.cc/

Oklahoma Minerals http://www.brightok.net/~rockman/Images/OkIndex.htm

Ore3-Rock-On (Oregon Rockhounding) http://orerockon.com/ore_rock.htm

Oregon Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/orsites.html

Oregon Rockhounding Sites http://www.spiritone.com/~tfish/ore_map.htm

Pennsylvania (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/pa.htm

Pennsylvania Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/pasites.html

Rhode Island - Utah

Rhode Island Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/risites.html

Tennessee (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/tn.htm

Fossil Sites in Nashville (Tennessee) http://www.nashvillefossils.com/sites.html

Texas (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/tx.htm

Utah Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/utsites.html

Utah (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/ut.htm

Topaz Mountain Rockhounding Tips (Utah) http://www.minmarket.com/TopazMtn/topazmt.html

Vermont - Wyoming

Vermont Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/vtsites.html

Collecting Minerals, Rocks & Gems in Virginia http://www.mmdaccess.com/users/dlips/vacollecting.htm

Virginia (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/va.htm

Rockhounding: Geology of Virginia http://geollab.jmu.edu/vageol/outreach/rockhound.html

Washington (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/wa.htm

Wisconsin (Rock Collecting Sites) http://www.nb.net/~downs/sites/wi.htm

Wyoming Collecting Sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/wysites.html

Created by Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson, 1/99

Updated, 5/00