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LOUISIANA CITY ROCKHOUNDING HUB

Rockhounding Near Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette is the south Louisiana hub for salt-dome, caprock, historic sulphur and Coastal Plain fossil geology.

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140records within 105 mi
11core atlas
129USGS Research
0Ready
3Conditional

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Rockhounding map near Lafayette

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

100records within 105 mi
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This hub map shows nearby records only.Land and claim layers are planning aids, not collecting permission.
Industrial mineral / mining context. General comparison image, not a photograph of this specific field region.
Industrial mineral / mining context

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 Lafayette as a geographic base, while the material mix is calculated from the records actually mapped around it.

Salt Dome, Gypsum & Sulphur Geology10 nearby recordsEocene & Oligocene Fossils2 nearby recordsRiver Gravel & Alluvial Geology9 nearby records

Field regions around Lafayette

South Louisiana Salt-Dome & Caprock BeltSalt, caprock, sulphur and industrial mineral geology centered on deeply rooted Gulf Coast salt structures.Louisiana Coastal Plain Fossil ContextEocene/Oligocene and younger sedimentary fossil research across south-central Louisiana.

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.

Research23.5 mi

Avery Island

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research37.5 mi

Lake Charles

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research57.0 mi

Unknown

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research58.2 mi

Unknown

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research58.8 mi

Unknown

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research58.8 mi

Unknown

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research59.9 mi

Unknown

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research
Research61.1 mi

Unk

Mineral resource occurrence

USGS Research

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