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Bannack State Park — Staff-Managed Education Gold Panning
Gold panning education · Beaverhead
MONTANA ROCKHOUNDING DIRECTORY
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Crystal Park Picnic and Mineral Collection Area
Quartz, amethyst, smoky quartz crystals · Beaverhead
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Calvert Hill Mine Area
Epidote, aquamarine, scheelite, garnet · Beaverhead
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Lima Area Fossil Exposures
Marine fossils and geologic exposures · Beaverhead
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Pryor Mountains / Bear Canyon — Agate Context
Bear Canyon agate, jasper and quartz context · Carbon / Big Horn
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Baisch’s Dinosaur Digs
Dinosaur fossils and petrified wood · Dawson
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Glendive Short Pines — BLM Rockhounding Context
Agates, common rocks and mineral specimens · Dawson
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Yellowstone River Adventures — Guided Rockhounding Context
Montana moss agate / river rockhounding · Dawson
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Makoshika State Park — Fossil Viewing Control
Dinosaur fossils and badlands geology · Dawson
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Dry Cottonwood Creek Sapphire Context
Sapphires · Deer Lodge/Granite
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Montana Agate Shack — Guided Yellowstone River Rockhounding
Montana moss agate and river gravels · Eastern Montana
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Glacier National Park — Rock/Mineral Collection Control
Rocks and minerals · Flathead/Glacier
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Montana Gems of Philipsburg — Flume Gem Mining
Sapphires and mixed gems · Granite
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Sapphire Gallery — Indoor Sapphire Mining
Sapphires / prepared gravel · Granite
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Gem Mountain Sapphire Mine
Sapphires · Granite
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Rock Creek Sapphire District — Outside Structured Mine Programs
Sapphires and garnets · Granite
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Cable Mountain — Historic Mineral Tailings
Scheelite and epidote · Granite/Deer Lodge
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West of Georgetown Lake — Argillite/Quartzite
Argillite and quartzite · Granite/Deer Lodge
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Boulder River / Bernice — Barite
Cubic barite crystals · Jefferson
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Delmoe Lake Area — Quartz/Amethyst
Smoky quartz and amethyst · Jefferson
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Yogo Gulch Sapphire Context
Yogo sapphires · Judith Basin
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Montana Blue Jewel Mine
Sapphires · Lewis and Clark
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Spokane Bar Sapphire Mine
Sapphires and associated gravel-bar gems · Lewis and Clark
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Missouri River Sapphire Gravels — Helena Region
Sapphires · Lewis and Clark
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Libby Creek Recreational Gold Panning Area
Gold · Lincoln
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Yellowstone River — Moss Agate Corridor
Montana moss agate · MULTI
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Red Rock Mine and Garnet Gallery — Garnet Screening
Montana garnets · Madison
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River of Gold — Structured Gold Panning Experience
Gold panning / educational paydirt · Madison
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Ruby Reservoir — Garnet Shoreline
Almandine garnets · Madison
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Alder Gulch / Virginia City Historic Gold Tailings
Gold · Madison
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Indian Creek near Sheridan — Calcite
White and banded calcite · Madison
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Lolo National Forest — Mineral Specimen NOI Control
Mineral specimens and landscape rock · Multiple
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Yellowstone National Park — Fossil/Rock Viewing Control
Petrified wood, fossils, rocks · Park/Gallatin (MT portion)
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Terry Badlands WSA — Rock, Petrified Wood & Common Fossil Collecting
Common rocks, petrified wood, common invertebrate/plant fossils · Prairie
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Terry Area — Yellowstone River Moss Agate
Montana moss agate · Prairie
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Seven Sisters WMA — Agate-Hunting Source Conflict Control
Agate-hunting tourism signal vs FWP natural-feature no-take rule · Richland
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Montana BLM — Active Mining Claim / Authorized Mineral Use Control
Rocks/minerals · STATEWIDE
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Montana BLM — General Noncommercial Rockhounding Policy
Common rocks/mineral specimens/semiprecious gems · STATEWIDE
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Montana National Forests — Low-Disturbance Rockhounding Policy
Rockhounding, petrified wood, invertebrate/plant fossils · STATEWIDE
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Montana National Forests — Vertebrate Fossil Permit Control
Vertebrate fossils · STATEWIDE