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The Agate Desert is a prairie located near White City, Oregon, 53 acres (21 ha) [1] of which is protected as the Agate Desert Preserve. [2] [3] The area is not in fact a desert as its name suggests; it is so named because of the abundance of agate, petrified wood, jasper, and other minerals found there. [4]
Currently, Apiary Road is a popular freight route for forest products moving from the Northern Oregon Coast Range to markets in Longview, Washington. [17] Ashwood: 1870 (c.) Jefferson: C [18] [19] Auburn: 1861 1903 Baker: A Site of first gold rush in eastern Oregon. [20] Austin: 1888 1950 Grant: C [21] Bacona: 1897 Washington: A
Oregon [59] [60] State Twin Minerals: Oregonite (2013) and Josephinite (2013) Thunderegg (1965) Oregon sunstone labradorite (1987) Pennsylvania [61] Rhode Island [62] Bowenite serpentine (1966) Cumberlandite (1966) South Carolina [63] Blue granite (1969) Amethyst (1969) South Dakota [64] [65] Rose quartz (1966) Fairburn agate (1966) and State ...
Near the Tri-Cities, rockhounding is popular along the Columbia River, Horse Heaven Hills, Saddle Mountains, Bickleton and the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park. Rockhounding on WA DNR-managed land
Even though the area has been worked by rockhounds for many years, quality thundereggs are still found at the site. There are also some rare rocks and minerals in central Oregon in or near the Ochoco Mountains, including opals, amethyst, gem quality calcite, cinnabar, selenite, gypsum, and amygdaloid nodules. [18] [19]
Amateur geology or rock collecting (also referred to as rockhounding in the United States and Canada) is the non-professional study and hobby of collecting rocks and minerals or fossil specimens from the natural environment. [1] [2] In Australia, New Zealand and Cornwall, the amateur geologists call this activity fossicking. [3]
Washington state is a hotbed for minerals, gemstones, crystals and fossils, making the Evergreen state a popular site for rockhounding. Whether in an official group or going solo, rockhounding is ...
Agate Lake is a reservoir located 1,510 feet (460 m) above sea level in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It is 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Medford , [ 3 ] just north of Roxy Ann Peak . The lake is formed by the 86-foot (26 m) tall Agate Dam, which impounds Dry Creek, in the Rogue River watershed .