Sucker Creek

Agates

Banded chalcedony prized for their colors and patterns. Lake Superior agates, Fairburn agates, and Montana moss agates are especially famous.

Also found at:

• Rockhound State Park
• Black Rock Desert
• Thunder Egg Capital (Richardson's Ranch)

Jasper

Also found at:

• Rockhound State Park
• Black Rock Desert
• Thunder Egg Capital (Richardson's Ranch)

Petrified Wood

Ancient wood turned to stone. Arizona's Petrified Forest and Washington's Ginkgo Petrified Forest are world-famous.

Also found at:

• Petrified Forest National Park
• Petrified Forest BLM Area
• Little Missouri River Agates

Thunder Egg Capital (Richardson's Ranch)

Madras, Oregon · Fee Dig

Oregon's most famous thunderegg collecting area. Richardson's Ranch offers access to multiple collecting sites. Oregon's state rock.

Sunstone Basin

Plush, Oregon · public-BLM

Hunt for Oregon sunstone (state gem) — a feldspar with brilliant copper inclusions. Both free BLM areas and private fee-dig operations available.

Glass Buttes

Burns, Oregon · BLM Land

BLM area famous for mahogany, rainbow, and black obsidian. One of the best places in the US to collect obsidian. Bring collecting buckets.

Polka Dot Agate Mine

Nyssa, Oregon · Fee Dig

Fee-dig mine known for unique polka dot agate (aka orbicular jasper). One-of-a-kind patterns not found anywhere else in the world.

Priday Agate Beds

Madras, Oregon · Fee Dig

Classic Oregon collecting site for blue agate, plume agate, and thundereggs. Located in the rich agate beds of central Oregon.

Richardson Rock Ranch

Madras, Oregon · Fee Dig

Oregon's most famous thunderegg collecting ranch. Multiple dig sites on the property. Pay per bucket. Oregon's state rock.