New York · Montgomery · Ready
Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground
Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground is a Ready rockhounding record in Montgomery, New York. The recorded activity or material is Herkimer diamond quartz crystals, druzy quartz and matrix specimens. The recorded manager or operating context is Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground. Ready means the current evidence supports the modeled activity, but visitors should still recheck current posted rules, closures, hours, fees, claims, collecting limits and site-specific notices before travel.
What is Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground?
Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground is a Ready rockhounding record in Montgomery, New York. The recorded activity or material is Herkimer diamond quartz crystals, druzy quartz and matrix specimens. The recorded manager or operating context is Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground.
What rocks, minerals, fossils or collecting interests are associated with it?
The record lists Herkimer diamond quartz crystals, druzy quartz and matrix specimens. This description is tied to this atlas entry and should be read together with the access status below.
Can I collect at Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground?
Ready. Current operator material confirms daily paid mining in designated zones, required mining pass/armband and Miner Agreement, normal-tool restrictions, and an explicit keep-what-you-find rule. The current 2026 season is open daily through Oct 12 with mine hours 9am-sunset.
Ready means the current evidence supports the modeled activity, but visitors should still recheck current posted rules, closures, hours, fees, claims, collecting limits and site-specific notices before travel.
Where is this record located?
Navigation uses the recorded public destination or address for Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground. The destination is a travel reference, not a specimen-level promise or a substitute for current access rules.
Recorded destination: 161 County Highway 114, St. Johnsville, NY 13452
Who manages the place or provides the evidence context?
The recorded manager or context is Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground.
What evidence supports this status?
The record was last reviewed on 2026-08-23. Evidence and management context: Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground. Current named New York collecting program passes authority, footprint, access, calendar, rights and source gates; specimen coordinates remain suppressed. Program or rule context: CRYSTAL_GROVE_2026_DESIGNATED_MINE_KEEP_FINDS.
Program or rule context: CRYSTAL_GROVE_2026_DESIGNATED_MINE_KEEP_FINDS
How precise is the map marker?
Navigation uses the recorded public destination or address for Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground. The destination is a travel reference, not a specimen-level promise or a substitute for current access rules.
What should I verify before going?
- Current land ownership and the exact parcel or managed activity footprint.
- Posted closures, seasonal restrictions, opening hours, fees and permit requirements.
- Mining claims, mineral rights, private-property boundaries and road or trail access.
- Whether the material and collecting method you intend to use are actually allowed.
- Current safety conditions, including weather, fire, water, tides, unstable workings, traffic and other site-specific hazards.
When was this information last checked?
The recorded review date is August 23, 2026. Treat that date as the evidence snapshot used for this classification. Conditions can change after review, so field decisions should use the newest posted rules and manager information.
Is a map pin the same as collecting permission?
No. A map pin answers a navigation or geographic-context question. The status and evidence answer the permission question. Exact coordinates, public destination addresses and approximate county or regional context are deliberately kept separate so geographic precision is not confused with legal authority.