Rockhounding sites in Louisiana

44 rockhounding collecting destinations in Louisiana.

Louisiana rockhounding map

Interactive pins for coordinate-verified, indexable listings in Louisiana. Click a marker for the full site page.

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Use this page as your Louisiana rockhounding map — Louisiana has 44 rockhounding sites in our directory, including 13 agate & jasper, 23 fossils, 2 turquoise & opal, 6 other. Use rockhounding sites near me for live distance sorting or browse by city.

By specimen type: Agate & Jasper (13) · Fossils (23) · Other (6)

Frequently asked questions

Where can I find rockhounding sites in Louisiana?

Our Louisiana rockhounding map lists 44 cataloged sites with GPS, fees, and specimen types at /states/louisiana/. Filter by type or use near-me GPS sorting from your location.

Is there a Louisiana rockhounding map?

Yes — the Louisiana state hub at /states/louisiana/ works as your rockhounding map with every listing, featured sites, and links to specimen-type subsets.

What can you find rockhounding in Louisiana?

Specimens vary by region — browse the Louisiana map for quartz, agate, geodes, fossils, and gems. Each listing notes primary targets and access rules.

What to pack for Louisiana rockhounding trips

Compared day-trip gear for Louisiana rockhounding sites — side-by-side tables for the hike in, sun, and sun, tools, and the approach hike.

Chisels & Wedges — Split matrix cleanly and protect your specimens

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Split matrix cleanly and protect your specimens

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Safety Glasses — Non-negotiable eye protection when hammering rock

Safety Glasses

Non-negotiable eye protection when hammering rock

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Specimen Bags & Wrap — Get your finds home without chips and scratches

Specimen Bags & Wrap

Get your finds home without chips and scratches

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Field Gloves — Cut and abrasion protection for sharp rock and tools

Field Gloves

Cut and abrasion protection for sharp rock and tools

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Aben Opal Sands — opal rockhounding site near Leesville, LA

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Aben Opal Sands

Western Louisiana gravel beds near Vernon Parish occasionally yield opalized wood and agate in Catahoula Formation sands.

Fee variesLeesville

Agate — agate rockhounding site near LA, LA

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Agate

Agate is a documented rockhounding destination in LA. Collectors visit for agate, jasper, chalcedony and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Baton Rouge — agate rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Bogue Chitto River — agate rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Bogue Chitto River

Bogue Chitto River is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Bunker Hill On The Ouachita River — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Bunker Hill On The Ouachita River

Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Caldwell County, Louisiana. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Catahoula Agate Gravels — agate rockhounding site near Jonesville, LA

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Catahoula Agate Gravels

Gravels of the Catahoula Formation in northeast Louisiana yield agate and chalcedony nodules in creek beds and gravel pits.

Fee variesJonesville

Crassotrea Virginica Mollusk — mixed rockhounding site near LA, LA

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Crassotrea Virginica Mollusk

Crassotrea Virginica Mollusk is a documented rockhounding destination in LA. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Creole Bluff On The Red River At Montgomery — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Creole Bluff On The Red River At Montgomery

Fossil collection site, La Salle County, Louisiana. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

D. N. Bell Property, Sample R4877 A — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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D. N. Bell Property, Sample R4877 A

Fossil collection site in the Cow Bayou, De Soto Parish County, Louisiana. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Dolet Hills Mine, Sample R4875 E — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Dolet Hills Mine, Sample R4875 E

Fossil collection site in the Naborton, De Soto Parish County, Louisiana. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

East & West Feliciana Parishes — agate rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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East & West Feliciana Parishes

East & West Feliciana Parishes is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Gibson Landing On The Ouachita River, Caldwell Parish — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Gibson Landing On The Ouachita River, Caldwell Parish

Fossil collection site, Caldwell County, Louisiana. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Gulfport — agate rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Gulfport

Gulfport is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Jasper, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Kisatchie Bayou Agate — agate rockhounding site near Natchitoches, LA

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Kisatchie Bayou Agate

Forest streams in Kisatchie National Forest carry agate and jasper cobbles eroded from Catahoula Formation exposures.

Fee variesNatchitoches

Lake Carmel Pit (lower Bay-sound Clay) - Miller Iii (1983) — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Lake Carmel Pit (lower Bay-sound Clay) - Miller Iii (1983)

Fossil collection site in the Michoud, Orleans County, Louisiana. Environment: paralic indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Lake Chien — lapearlite rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Lake Chien

Lake Chien is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Lapearlite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Leesville — petrified wood rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Leesville

Leesville is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Leesville (opal Area) — opal rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Leesville (opal Area)

Leesville (opal area) is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Louisiana Opal. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Lgs 1 Formerly Locality #1 - Logansport Formation — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Lgs 1 Formerly Locality #1 - Logansport Formation

Fossil collection site in the Logansport, Sabine County, Louisiana. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Livingston Parish — carnelian rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Livingston Parish

Livingston Parish is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Carnelian. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

M 93 — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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M 93

Fossil collection site, Webster County, Louisiana. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Marthaville — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Marthaville

Fossil collection site, Louisiana. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Natchitoches Parish, In Well Of Amerada Petroleum Company, Wafer No. 1... — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Natchitoches Parish, In Well Of Amerada Petroleum Company, Wafer No. 1...

Fossil collection site in the Eagle Ford, Natchitoches parish County, Louisiana. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Old Pearl River — agate rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Old Pearl River

Old Pearl River is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Ouachita River — agate rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Ouachita River

Ouachita River is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Agate, Petrified wood, Opalized wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Petrified Palm Wood — petrified wood rockhounding site near LA, LA

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Petrified Palm Wood

Petrified Palm Wood is a documented rockhounding destination in LA. Collectors visit for petrified wood, agate and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Pollock — agate rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Pollock

Pollock is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Agate, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Pri 13 — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Pri 13

Fossil collection site, Winn County, Louisiana. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Pri 747 — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Pri 747

Fossil collection site, Ouachita County, Louisiana. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Rapides Parish — silicified palm wood rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Rapides Parish

Rapides Parish is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Silicified palm wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Red River Parish, In Well Of Amerada Petroleum Company... — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Red River Parish, In Well Of Amerada Petroleum Company...

Fossil collection site in the Eagle Ford, Red River parish County, Louisiana. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Sabine Lake Public Oyster Area — lapearlite rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Sabine Lake Public Oyster Area

Sabine Lake Public Oyster Area is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Lapearlite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Sciaenidae — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Sciaenidae

Fossil collection site, Louisiana. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

State Highway 12, South Of Chestnut — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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State Highway 12, South Of Chestnut

Fossil collection site in the Cane River, Natchitoches County, Louisiana. Environment: transition zone/lower shoreface. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Tangipahoa Parish — carnelian rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Tangipahoa Parish

Tangipahoa Parish is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Carnelian. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Tangipahoa River & Streams — agate rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Tangipahoa River & Streams

Tangipahoa River & Streams is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Thk — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Thk

Fossil collection site, Louisiana. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Toledo Bend — petrified palm wood rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Toledo Bend

Toledo Bend is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Petrified palm wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Toledo Bend Calcite Zone — calcite rockhounding site near Many, LA

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Toledo Bend Calcite Zone

Limestone exposures near Toledo Bend Reservoir occasionally produce calcite crystal pockets in road cuts and creek banks.

Fee variesMany

Tunica Hills — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Tunica Hills

Fossil collection site, Louisiana. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Tunica Hills 1 — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Tunica Hills 1

Fossil collection site, Louisiana. Environment: estuary/bay. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Tunica Hills 2 — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Tunica Hills 2

Fossil collection site, Louisiana. Environment: estuary/bay. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana

Vernon Parish — silicified palm wood rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Vernon Parish

Vernon Parish is a documented mineral occurrence near LA. Reported specimens include Silicified palm wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesLouisiana

Yazoo Clay — fossil rockhounding site near Louisiana, LA

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Yazoo Clay

Fossil collection site, Louisiana. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesLouisiana