
Winona Agate Gravels
Mississippi River basin gravels near Winona contain agate and chalcedony cobbles from northern source terrains.
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Use this page as your Mississippi rockhounding map — Mississippi has 74 rockhounding sites in our directory, including 5 agate & jasper, 1 geodes, 63 fossils, 5 other. Use rockhounding sites near me for live distance sorting or browse by city.
Near major cities: Gulf Coast · Hattiesburg · Jackson
By specimen type: Agate & Jasper (5) · Fossils (63) · Other (5)
Our Mississippi rockhounding map lists 74 cataloged sites with GPS, fees, and specimen types at /states/mississippi/. Filter by type or use near-me GPS sorting from your location.
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Mississippi River basin gravels near Winona contain agate and chalcedony cobbles from northern source terrains.
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Sandstone and limestone outcrops in Tishomingo State Park region of northeast Mississippi occasionally contain small geode nodules.
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Bluff exposures along the Mississippi River near Vicksburg reveal marine fossils in loess and alluvial deposits.
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Mississippi Petrified Forest near Flora displays upright fossil logs for observation; collecting prohibited in park but region has petrified wood in private gravels.
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Adams County is a documented mineral occurrence near MS. Reported specimens include Banded Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Basilosaurus skull is a documented rockhounding destination in MS. 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.
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Bell Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near MS. Reported specimens include Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Cook Mountain, Newton County, Mississippi. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Bluff, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Environment: fluvial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Environment: fluvial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Hinds County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Alcorn County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Yazoo, Hinds County, Mississippi. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Alcorn County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Cook Mountain, Clarke County, Mississippi. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Union County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Clarke County, Mississippi. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Rankin County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Prairie Bluff, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Prairie Bluff, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Yazoo, Scott County, Mississippi. Environment: foreshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Holly Springs National Forest is a documented mineral occurrence near MS. Reported specimens include Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site, Tippah County, Mississippi. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Sumter County, Mississippi. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Monroe County, Mississippi. Environment: fluvial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Union County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Luka is a documented mineral occurrence near MS. Reported specimens include Red Ocher, Yellow Ocher. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Clayton, Tippah County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Clayton, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Glendon, Rankin County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Monroe County, Mississippi. Environment: fluvial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Byram, Warren County, Mississippi. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Bluff, Wayne County, Mississippi. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Bluff, Clarke County, Mississippi. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Winona, Clarke County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Yazoo, Hinds County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Bluff, Wayne County, Mississippi. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Hinds County, Mississippi. Environment: transition zone/lower shoreface. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Byram, Smith County, Mississippi. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Pensacola, Greene County, Mississippi. Environment: paralic indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Rankin County, Mississippi. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Nanafalia, Kemper County County, Mississippi. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Tuscahoma, Mississippi. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Tuscahoma, Mississippi. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Mississippi River is a documented mineral occurrence near MS. Reported specimens include Agate, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Pensacola, Mississippi. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Hinds County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Union County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Yazoo, Jasper County, Mississippi. Environment: foreshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Paden is a documented mineral occurrence near MS. Reported specimens include Amber. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mississippi Petrified Forest near Flora displays upright fossil logs for observation; collecting prohibited in park but region has petrified wood in private gravels.
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Petrified Wood at Mississippi Petrified Forest is a documented rockhounding destination in MS. Collectors visit for fossils, trilobites, dinosaur bone and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Fossil collection site in the Nanafalia, Lauderdale County County, Mississippi. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Pensacola, Mississippi. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Clarke County, Mississippi. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Yazoo County, Mississippi. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Sandstone and limestone outcrops in Tishomingo State Park region of northeast Mississippi occasionally contain small geode nodules.
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Tombigbee River is a documented mineral occurrence near MS. Reported specimens include Shark Teeth. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Cook Mountain, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Tupelo Meteorite is a documented rockhounding destination in MS. 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.
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Twentymile Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near MS. Reported specimens include Fossils, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Dockery County, Mississippi. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Lee County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Chickasawhay, Wanye County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Byram, Smith County, Mississippi. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Chickasawhay, Wanye County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Byram, Warren County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Chickasawhay, Wanye County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Coffee Sand, Prentiss County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Bluff exposures along the Mississippi River near Vicksburg reveal marine fossils in loess and alluvial deposits.
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Fossil collection site, Clark County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Waynesboro is a documented mineral occurrence near MS. Reported specimens include Fossils, Petrified palm wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Wesson is a documented mineral occurrence near MS. Reported specimens include Banded Agate, Chalcedony, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Union County, Mississippi. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Mississippi River basin gravels near Winona contain agate and chalcedony cobbles from northern source terrains.
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