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Rockhounding in Colorado
41 researched sites, each with an access tier, evidence tier and site history.
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- Ammonite Ridge / Kremmling ammonite (BLM, CO) · fossil · Open / legal
- Arapahoe Bar, Clear Creek · gold · Open / legal
- Baculite Mesa · fossil · Permission required
- Badger Flats (Park County), CO · mineral · Open / legal
- Cache Creek Park, Granite · gold · Open / legal
- Calumet Mine, Salida · mineral · Gray area
- Creede / Wagon Wheel Gap Amethyst and Agate · agate · Gray area
- Creede / Wagon Wheel Gap area minerals, Colorado · mineral · Gray area
- Cripple Creek / Victor area Gold (CO) · gold · Gray area
- Crystal Hill (Saguache), CO · mineral · Gray area
- Crystal Peak (Lake George), CO · mineral · Gray area
- Crystal Peak / Lake George Amazonite · crystal · Open / legal
- Devils Head (Pikes Peak) Topaz and Quartz · crystal · Open / legal
- Devils Head, CO · mineral · Open / legal
- Dinosaur Ridge, Morrison · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Florissant Fossil Quarry (private) · fossil · Open / legal
- Golden / Green Mountain Agate · agate · Gray area
- Green River / Douglas Pass fossils, Colorado · fossil · Open / legal
- Hartsel blue barite · crystal · Permission required
- La Garita / Del Norte area, CO · mineral · Gray area
- Lake George / Crystal Peak area, Colorado · crystal · Gray area
- Leadville / Alma District Minerals · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Lefthand Canyon panning, Boulder County · gold · Gray area
- Marble quarry scrap, Crystal River · mineral · Gray area
- Mary Murphy Mine, Chalk Creek · mineral · Gray area
- Mount Antero Aquamarine · crystal · Open / legal
- Mount White (Antero area) Aquamarine · crystal · Open / legal
- Ouray / Red Mountain district minerals, Colorado · mineral · Gray area
- Owl Canyon alabaster · mineral · Gray area
- Phoenix Gold Mine, Idaho Springs · gold · Licensed / permit
- Picketwire Canyonlands tracksite · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Point Barr panning access, Salida · gold · Open / legal
- Ruby Mountain (Nathrop), CO · gem · Gray area
- Silverton district dumps · mineral · Permission required
- St. Peters Dome (Pikes Peak), CO · mineral · Gray area
- Stoneham barite ground · crystal · Permission required
- Tarryall Mountains, CO · mineral · Gray area
- Texas Creek pegmatites · crystal · Gray area
- Wards / Florissant area (private) fossils, Colorado · fossil · Permission required
- Wards / Glacier Lake area Colorado topaz (Tarryall) · crystal · Open / legal