Central Oregon Region Rockhounding Areas
CLICK ON An ORANGE SQUARE for the overview map (only Ashwood is active in this example)!
(There is so much stuff around Ashwood that the overview map is on the Ashwood page!)
First, a few words of caution:
This DVD does not advocate trespassing on or destruction of private property, including mineral claims. I do not guarantee that any of my directions are accurate. Rockhounding can be dangerous, so use common sense and be safe! Roads and signs change, so don't blame me if you can't find a site! And hey, if you can't find anything once you are at the site, then I can't help you anymore! There was material there when I visited!
Central Oregon Region Sites
(only Ashwood is active in this example)
Ashwood area - Marston, Chief Paulina, Polka-dot agate, Alex McDonald and Friend jasper, Joe & Alex McDonald, Blue Moon, Pony Creek, and Friend thundereggs, Alex McDonald petrified wood
Hampton Butte green wood & opal
Mitchell - Leaf and ammonite fossils, jasp-agate
Ochoco Mountains - Lucky Strike, Valley View, White Fir Spring, Whistler Spring, Fallen Tree, Ochoco Agate Bed, and more thundereggs, Bear Creek agate
Post-Paulina Area - Eagle Rock plume, South Fork Crooked River limb casts, Maury Mtn. moss agate
All Rockhounding Sites
These include sites I've visited, sites I've been to and the material wasn't worth the trip, and sites I haven't visited or know little about; I happen to know or at least have a pretty good idea of their location so I have included links to the topo maps here. None of these work on this example. See the Ashwood example for a sample topo map. All of these link to the Topo maps on the CD/DVD.
Overview Map |
Topo Map |
Material(s) Available |
Ashwood |
Ashwood North |
Agate, thundereggs |
Ashwood South |
Agate, jasper, petrified wood, thundereggs | |
Donnybrook |
Thundereggs | |
Friend Ranch |
Moss Agate, petrified wood, jasper | |
Joe McDonald Ranch |
Petrified wood | |
Richardsons |
Thundereggs, agate, jasper | |
Shaniko Summit |
Thundereggs | |
Ashwood East |
Amity Creek |
Petrified wood |
Currant Creek |
Fern fossils | |
Horse Heaven |
Leaf fossils | |
Bridge Creek |
Bridge Creek |
Fossil leaves |
Mitchell |
Ammonite fossils | |
Nelson Creek |
Ammonite fossils | |
Painted Hills |
Fossil leaves | |
Twickenham |
Fossil leaves | |
Twickenham West |
Jasp-agate | |
West Branch |
Ammonite fossils | |
Crooked River |
Lost Creek |
Petrified wood |
Maury Mtn |
Moss Agate | |
Pink Limb Area |
Limb casts, petrified wood, vertebrate fossils | |
Culver |
Gray Butte |
Fossil leaves |
Lily Pad |
Jasper | |
Fossil |
Big Muddy |
Fossil leaves |
Clarno |
Fossil leaves | |
Fossil |
Leaf Imprints | |
Hampton Buttes |
Bear Creek wood |
Petrified wood |
Bear Creek wood 2 |
Petrified wood | |
Hampton Wood |
Petrified wood, limb casts | |
Madras |
Madras North |
Fossil leaves & vertebrates |
Madras NW |
Fossil leaves | |
Ochoco Mtns |
Fallen Tree |
Thundereggs |
Ochoco agate |
Moss agate | |
Ochoco eggs |
Thundereggs | |
Ochoco Pass |
Fossil fish scales & bones | |
Opal Creek |
Thundereggs | |
Stein's Pillar |
Thundereggs | |
Stephenson Mtn Opal |
Fire Opal Thundereggs | |
Walton Lake |
Tube Agate | |
White Fir Spring |
Thundereggs | |
Paulina East |
South Fork Beaver Cr |
Ammonite fossils |
Spring Creek |
Ammonite fossils | |
Suplee |
Ammonite, coral & clam fossils | |
Swamp Creek |
Ammonite fossils | |
Trout Creek |
Plant fossils | |
Twelvemile Creek |
Ammonite fossils | |
Prineville |
Bear Creek Arm |
Agate |
Crooked R Canyon |
Agate | |
Eagle Rock & Carey |
Plume Agate | |
Ochoco Reservoir |
Jasper | |
Post |
Petrified wood | |
Sheep Creek plume |
Plume Agate | |
Swartz Canyon |
Petrified Oak | |
Wickiup Creek |
Leaf fossils |
