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DELAWARE CITY ROCKHOUNDING HUB

Rockhounding Near Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington is the northern Delaware hub for Piedmont bedrock, metamorphic minerals and Brandywine/Red Clay geology.

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Rockhounding map near Wilmington

Explore nearby Delaware records without leaving this hub. Status, coordinate precision and access evidence determine whether a pin is a realistic field destination.

29records within 45 mi
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This hub map shows nearby records only.Land and claim layers are planning aids, not collecting permission.
Quartz / Piedmont mineral reference. General comparison image, not a photograph of this specific field region.
Quartz / Piedmont mineral reference

Reference photograph used for rock and mineral identification. It is not from this exact location or a guarantee that collecting is permitted.

What is this area strongest for?

This hub uses Wilmington as a geographic base, while the material mix is calculated from the records actually mapped around it.

Piedmont Metamorphic Rocks0 nearby recordsQuartz & Pebbles0 nearby recordsManaged Education Programs0 nearby records

Field regions around Wilmington

Brandywine PiedmontNorthern Delaware gneiss, schist, sillimanite and stream-cut bedrock research.Red Clay & White Clay CreeksPiedmont and transition-zone geology across protected park and private-land contexts.

Nearby records worth opening individually

Records are ordered by evidence status first, then distance. Open the detailed guide before treating any pin as a trip destination.

Research6.2 mi

Wilson Pit

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research9.5 mi

Route 40 Farm

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research11.0 mi

Freeway Pit

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research39.0 mi

Tarburton Pit

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research39.0 mi

Tarburton Pit

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research

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