GeodeMO
Ste. Genevieve Geode Belt
Eastern Missouri geode belt centers on Ste. Genevieve County where Warsaw Formation geodes occur in stream banks and fields.
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163 rockhounding collecting destinations in Missouri.
Missouri rockhounding map
Interactive pins for coordinate-verified, indexable listings in Missouri. Click a marker for the full site page.
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How many rockhounding sites are in Missouri?
Use this page as your Missouri rockhounding map — Missouri has 163 rockhounding sites in our directory, including 5 quartz & crystals, 18 agate & jasper, 10 geodes, 2 gemstones, 40 fossils. Use rockhounding sites near me for live distance sorting or browse by city.
By specimen type: Quartz & Crystals (5) · Agate & Jasper (18) · Geodes (10) · Fossils (40) · Gold & Minerals (28) · Other (60)
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Where can I find rockhounding sites in Missouri?
Our Missouri rockhounding map lists 163 cataloged sites with GPS, fees, and specimen types at /states/missouri/. Filter by type or use near-me GPS sorting from your location.
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Yes — the Missouri state hub at /states/missouri/ works as your rockhounding map with every listing, featured sites, and links to specimen-type subsets.
What can you find rockhounding in Missouri?
Specimens vary by region — browse the Missouri map for quartz, agate, geodes, fossils, and gems. Each listing notes primary targets and access rules.
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Popular rockhounding sites in Missouri
Most-searched spots — open each listing for directions, fees, and safety notes.
ChertMO
Mozarkite Road Cuts
Missouri's official state rock mozarkite, a colorful chert, occurs in Benton County road cuts and creek gravels near Lincoln.
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GalenaMO
Old Mines Galena District
French colonial lead mines of Washington County Missouri still yield galena crystals in dolomite matrix in area tailings.
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Joplin Tri-state Mining District
Historic Tri-State zinc-lead district around Joplin produced cabinet specimens for decades; reclamation limits but tailings remain in places.
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CalciteMO
Adrian’s Quarry
Adrian’s Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Marcasite, Millerite, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Alexandria & Wayland
Alexandria & Wayland is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include St. Francisville Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Alice Mine Near Elijah
Alice Mine near Elijah is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Dolomite, Greenockite, Pyrite, Quartz, Smithsonite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Apex Silver Mine - Shaft Number One
Apex Silver Mine - Shaft Number One is a historic mining site in Madison, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Silver, Wolframite.
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Arnold
Arnold is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes, dolomite, marcasite, pyrite, sphalerite, calcite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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FossilMO
Ash Grove
Fossil collection site in the Burlington, Greene County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Aubuchen Shafts
Aubuchen Shafts is a historic mining site in Madison, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Cobalt, Copper, Galena, Nickel, Sphalerite.
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Barnhart Quarry
Fossil collection site in the Fern Glen, Jefferson County, Missouri. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Bellview
Bellview is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Actinolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Big Springs
Fossil collection site in the Mineola, Montgomery County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Bixby
Bixby is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Marcasite, Millerite, Pyrite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Bleeding Hill Mine
Bleeding Hill Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Copper, Cuprite, Goethite, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Brickeys
Fossil collection site in the Fern Glen, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Burkhardts Diggings
Burkhardts Diggings is a historic mining site in Christian, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena, Sphalerite.
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AgateMO
Cape Girardeau County
Cape Girardeau County is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Agate, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Captain Creek
Captain Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Actinolite, Epidote. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Carboniferous Basins Of Southwestern Missouri
Fossil collection site, Missouri. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Chariton River
Chariton River is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite crystals, Goethite, Quartz, Septarian Nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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GarnetMO
Chesterfield
Chesterfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Garnet, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Coldwater Creek In Florissant
Coldwater Creek in Florissant is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Vivianite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Cole County
Cole County is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Barite, Calcite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Dolomite, Hematite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Smithsonite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Cole Diggings
Cole Diggings is a historic mining site in Crawford, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena, Sphalerite.
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Copper Hill Mine
Copper Hill Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chalcopyrite, Gypsum, Hematite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Crinoid
Crinoid is a documented rockhounding destination in MO. 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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Crooked Creek Crater
Crooked Creek Crater is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Barite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Current River
Current River is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Chert nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Cuthbertson Mountain
Cuthbertson Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Hematite, Pyrolusite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Epidote, Garnet, Malachite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Danville Quarry
Danville Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite, Dolomite, Millerite, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Daviess County
Daviess County is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Lake Superior Agate, Jasper, Fossils, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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De Soto
De Soto is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Fluorescent Calcite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Decaturville Crater
Decaturville Crater is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Albite, Galena, Glauconite, Limonite, Marcasite, Microcline, Muscovite, Opal, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Defiance Quarry
Defiance Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Yellow Calcite, White Calcite, Goethite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Dexter
Dexter is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Chert, Blue Agate, Gray Agate, Pink Agate, White Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Dog Creek
Dog Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Doniphan
Doniphan is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Flint. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Eldon & Etterville
Eldon & Etterville is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Barite, Calcite, Cerussite, Dolomite, Galena, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Smithsonite, Chalcopyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Elk River Near Bee Bluff
Elk River near Bee Bluff is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Chert, Blue Chert. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Elmer
Elmer is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Gold, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Eminence
Eminence is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Dolomite, Malachite, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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England Strip Pit
Fossil collection site in the Cherokee, Henry County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Ewing Strip Pit
Fossil collection site in the Cherokee, Henry County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fabius River
Fabius River is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes, calcite, malachite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite, aragonite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Finger Lakes State Park
Finger Lakes State Park is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Aragonite, Copiapite, Gypsum, Halotrichite, Marcasite, Melanterite, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsCalciteMO
Florissant
Florissant is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite, Celestite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsAlunogenMO
Foster & Hume
Foster & Hume is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Alunogen, Gypsum, Melanterite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fox City
Fox City is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes, Calcite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fredericktown
Fredericktown is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Aragonite, Azurite, Calcite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Dolomite, Galena, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fulton
Fossil collection site in the Snyder Creek Shale, Callaway County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Galena From Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri
Galena from Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri is a documented rockhounding destination in MO. Collectors visit for assorted minerals, ore samples and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Gallatin
Gallatin is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper, Petrified wood, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Gentry County
Gentry County is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Lake Superior Agate, Jasper, Fossils, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Glen Park Quarry
Fossil collection site in the Cape Limestone, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Graniteville
Graniteville is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Actinolite, Apatite, Beryl, Fluorite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Quartz (smoky quartz), Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Green's Hill Mine
Green's Hill Mine is a historic mining site in Crawford, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena, Sphalerite.
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Greenfield
Greenfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Agate, Chert, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Greenfield Pinnid
Fossil collection site in the Keokuk, Dade County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Grindstone Creek
Grindstone Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Grundy County
Grundy County is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Lake Superior Agate, Jasper, Fossils, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hannibal
Hannibal is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Marcasite, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Haunted Ridge Rocks
Haunted Ridge Rocks is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Mixed minerals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hawks Bluff Farm Rocks And Drusy
Hawks Bluff Farm Rocks and Drusy is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Mixed minerals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Herculaneum Fissure
Fossil collection site, Jefferson County, Missouri. Environment: fissure fill. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Hermitage
Hermitage is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Chalcedony, Chert. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hinch Copper Mine
Hinch Copper Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Copper, Cuprite, Limonite, Hematite, Malachite, Marcasite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Houston Strip Pit
Fossil collection site in the Cherokee, Henry County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Hypsibema
Hypsibema is a documented rockhounding destination in MO. 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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Indian Creek
Indian Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Yellow Garnet, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Diopside, Dolomite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Magnetite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsCalcite NodulesMO
Jefferson County
Jefferson County is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite Nodules, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Joplin
Joplin is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Apatite, Aragonite, Azurite, Barite, Calcite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Dolomite, Galena, Garnet, Pyrite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Joplin Tri-state Mining District
Historic Tri-State zinc-lead district around Joplin produced cabinet specimens for decades; reclamation limits but tailings remain in places.
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Kahoka
Kahoka is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Kansas City
Kansas City is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Aragonite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Common Opal. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Kellogg Shaft
Kellogg Shaft is a known mineral occurrence in Washington, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Galena, Sphalerite.
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King's Butte
Fossil collection site in the Northview, Greene County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Knight's Locality #12
Fossil collection site in the Henrietta, Missouri. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Knight's Locality #37
Fossil collection site in the Henrietta, Missouri. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Knight's Locality #38
Fossil collection site in the Henrietta, Missouri. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Knight's Locality #7
Fossil collection site in the Henrietta, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Koch Shaft
Koch Shaft is a historic mining site in Madison, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Gold, Pyrite, Wolframite.
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La Grange
La Grange is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Laredo Coal
Fossil collection site in the Nowata, Grundy Co. County, Missouri. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Leeds Quarry, Kansas City
Fossil collection site in the Dennis, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Liberal
Liberal is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Pickeringite, Pyrite, Siderite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lincoln
Lincoln is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Chalcedony, Chert, Mozarkite, Galena, Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Little Saturday Mine
Little Saturday Mine is a historic mining site in Washington, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena, Sphalerite.
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Livingston County
Livingston County is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Lake Superior Agate, Jasper, Fossils, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Loc. 14. Bank Of Hackberry Branch, Just West Of Bridge Where North-south Country Road Crosses Stream 500’ North Of Hackberry School, 6 Miles Southwest Of Nevada
Fossil collection site in the Krebs, Vernon County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Loc. 15. Bank Of Hackberry Branch, 800' West Of Bridge Where Road Crosses Stream, 5.5 Miles Southwest Of Nevada
Fossil collection site in the Krebs, Vernon County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Loc. 16. Old Quarry Just Sout Of The Marmaton River, West Side Of County Highway H, ½ Mile North Of Deerfield
Fossil collection site in the Krebs, Vernon County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Loc. 1a. Waste Banks Of Strip Mine 1.5 Miles West Of Mindenmines, 1 Mile North From Ks-mo State Line Road
Fossil collection site in the Cabaniss, Barton County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Loc. 2. Second Nicolson Creek Tributary, 300 Ft. Upstream Of Where Creek Crosses Road, 1 Mile West Of Liberal
Fossil collection site in the Krebs, Barton County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Loc. 27a. Small Strip Pit On West Side Of The County Road, Just East Of Bear Creek, ~2.5 Miles East Of Montrose
Fossil collection site in the Cabaniss, Henry County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Loc. 32. Waste Banks Of The Power Compnay Mine, Just East Of County Hwy. K, 2¾ Miles North Of Germantown
Fossil collection site in the Cabaniss, Henry County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Loc. 36. Waste Banks Of The Black Diamond Coal Company Mine On The East Side Of Us Hwy. 69, Just South Of Brush Creek, ~5.0 Miles South Of Pittsburg
Fossil collection site in the Krebs, Cherokee County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Loc. 8. Old Quarry On The East Side Of County Hwy. H, Just Before It Crosses Marmaton River, ½ Mile Northwest Of Deerfield
Fossil collection site in the Krebs, Vernon County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Loc. 9. Waste Banks Of Old Wastell Mine On The East Side Of Dumping Creek, ~3 Miles Southeast Of Clinton
Fossil collection site in the Krebs, Vernon County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Locality 6. 200 Ft. North Of Clayton Rd., 1st Street West Of Kirkwood-ferguson Trolly Tracks, "davis Place" Subdivision, Clayton
Fossil collection site in the Pawnee, St. Louis County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Locality D
Fossil collection site in the Chemung, Callaway County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Lucas, Cherokee Shale
Fossil collection site, Henry County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Mansfield
Mansfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Hemimorphite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsAgateMO
Marble Hill E General Area
Marble Hill E General Area is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Agate, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Martin Mine
Martin Mine is a historic mining site in Madison, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena, Sphalerite, Wolframite.
View detailsAmethystMO
Moselle Iron Mines
Moselle Iron Mines is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Arsenopyrite, Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsMixedMO
Mozarkite
Mozarkite is a documented rockhounding destination in MO. 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.
View detailsChertMO
Mozarkite Road Cuts
Missouri's official state rock mozarkite, a colorful chert, occurs in Benton County road cuts and creek gravels near Lincoln.
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New Florence
Fossil collection site in the Mineola, Montgomery County, Missouri. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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New London
New London is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Silicified conodonts. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsCalciteMO
Newark
Newark is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Newburg
Newburg is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Old Mines
Old Mines is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Barite, Calcite, Galena, Goethite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Chert, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Old Mines Galena District
French colonial lead mines of Washington County Missouri still yield galena crystals in dolomite matrix in area tailings.
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Old Monroe
Old Monroe is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Lake Superior Agate, Garnet, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Overby Strip Pit
Fossil collection site in the Cherokee, Henry County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Ovid Coal Bed
Fossil collection site in the Hertha, Ray Co. County, Missouri. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Ozark Mine
Ozark Mine is a historic mining site in Madison, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena, Silver, Sphalerite, Wolframite.
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Palmer
Palmer is a historic mining site in Washington, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Galena, Iron.
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Parole Mine
Parole Mine is a historic mining site in Washington, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Galena.
View detailsFossilMO
Peerless Park
Fossil collection site in the Warsaw, St. Louis County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
View detailsSphaleriteMO
Peterson Mine
Peterson Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsCalciteMO
Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite, Vivianite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsMineralMO
Poverty Flat Diggings
Poverty Flat Diggings is a historic mining site in Washington, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena, Sphalerite.
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Poverty Flat Workings
Poverty Flat Workings is a historic mining site in Washington, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena, Sphalerite.
View detailsTripoliMO
Racine & Seneca
Racine & Seneca is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Tripoli. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsAzuriteMO
Revelle Prospect
Revelle Prospect is a mineral prospect in Madison, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Cobalt, Copper, Galena, Malachite.
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Roberts Diggings
Roberts Diggings is a historic mining site in Christian, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena, Sphalerite.
View detailsAlunogenMO
Rucker
Rucker is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Alunogen, Gypsum. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Ruepple Iron Mine
Ruepple Iron Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Goethite, Hematite, Marcasite, Melanterite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Azurite, Copper, Cuprite, Gypsum. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Saint Charles Quarry
Saint Charles Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Yellow Calcite, Green Calcite, Chert nodules, Dolomite, Fluorite, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Saint Clair
Saint Clair is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Anglesite, Galena, Barite, Calcite, Cerussite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Saverton
Saverton is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Scotia
Scotia is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Azurite, Goethite, Hematite, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sedalia
Sedalia is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Shepherd Mountain
Shepherd Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Shideler Strip Pit
Fossil collection site in the Cherokee, Henry County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Simmons Mine
Simmons Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Hematite, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sl-1. Headwaters Of Feefee Creek, North Of Olive St. & West Of Lindberg Blvd., 1.5 Km Northwest Of Stratmann (olivette)
Fossil collection site in the Appanoose, St. Louis County, Missouri. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Smithton
Smithton is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Blue Barite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Springfield
Springfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Barite, Calcite, Cerussite, Dickite, Dolomite, Galena, Limonite, Marcasite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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St. Francisville
St. Francisville is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes, barite, calcite, fluorite, malachite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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St. Francois County
St. Francois County is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Barite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Smithsonite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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St. Louis (barite Area)
St. Louis (barite area) is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Barite, Calcite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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St. Louis (calcite Area)
St. Louis (calcite area) is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite crystals, Millerite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Ste. Genevieve Geode Belt
Eastern Missouri geode belt centers on Ste. Genevieve County where Warsaw Formation geodes occur in stream banks and fields.
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Steelville
Steelville is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Allophane, Amethyst, Azurite, Dolomite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Malachite, Marcasite, Quartz, Pyrite, Rutile. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sugar Creek
Sugar Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Septarian nodules, Aragonite, Calcite, Celestite, Pyrite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sullivan
Sullivan is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Hematite, Malachite, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Tightwad
Tightwad is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Timber Knob
Timber Knob is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include White Chert. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Troy
Troy is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Millerite, Quartz, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Unk
Unk is a historic mining site in Phelps, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena.
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Unknown-zinc And Lead
Unknown-Zinc and Lead is a historic mining site in Washington, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena, Sphalerite.
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Upper St. Louis Limestone
Fossil collection site, Missouri. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Usury
Usury is a historic mining site in Crawford, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena.
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Versailles
Versailles is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Barite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Warsaw
Warsaw is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Agate, Chert, Mozarkite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Weber Quarry
Weber Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes, fluorite, millerite, calcite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Wentworth
Wentworth is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Lead and Zinc minerals, Pyrite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Weston, Platte County
Fossil collection site, Platte County, Missouri. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Wild Cat Mine
Wild Cat Mine is a historic mining site in Stone, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena, Sphalerite.
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Willians Mine
Willians Mine is a historic mining site in Crawford, Missouri, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Galena, Sphalerite.
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Zion
Zion is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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