Other rockhounding sites in New York

Mixed or specialty collecting — zeolites, fluorescent minerals, thundereggs, and unique regional finds.

53 other destinations in New York.

Rockhounding sites in New York — other: 53 spots in our directory. Sort live from your phone with near me, or browse all U.S. other rockhounding sites and the New York state page.

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Other collecting in New York

Mixed or specialty collecting — zeolites, fluorescent minerals, thundereggs, and unique regional finds.

We currently document 53 other collecting sites in New York. Each listing includes original descriptions, visitor notes, and last-updated dates when available.

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Amity — blue corundum rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Amity

Amity is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Blue Corundum, White Corundum, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Ancram Area Lead Mines — barite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Ancram Area Lead Mines

Ancram area lead mines is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Barite, Galena, Sphalerite, Pyrite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Androvette Clay Pits — artinite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Androvette Clay Pits

Androvette Clay Pits is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Artinite, Serpentine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Area Near West Point — chrysotile asbestos rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Area Near West Point

Area Near West Point is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Chrysotile asbestos. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Balmat — anthophyllite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Balmat

Balmat is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Anthophyllite, Apatite, Talc, Tremolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Brant Lake — apatite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Brant Lake

Brant Lake is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Apatite, Calcite, Diopside, Muscovite, Pyrite, Rutile, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Buttermilk Falls — serpentine rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Buttermilk Falls

Buttermilk Falls is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Serpentine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Canadice Lake — labradorite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Canadice Lake

Canadice Lake is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Labradorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Cascade Lakes — labradorite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Cascade Lakes

Cascade Lakes is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Labradorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Copake Limonite Mine — iron rockhounding site near Columbia, NY

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Copake Limonite Mine

Copake Limonite Mine is a historic mining site in Columbia, New York, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Iron, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite.

Fee variesColumbia

Cornwall (wallkill River) — bloodstone rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Cornwall (wallkill River)

Cornwall (Wallkill River) is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Bloodstone, Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Craigsville — bloodstone rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Craigsville

Craigsville is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Bloodstone. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Crown Point — sunstone rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Crown Point

Crown Point is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Sunstone. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Dekalb — barite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Dekalb

DeKalb is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Barite, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

E Of Minerva — idocrase rockhounding site near New York, NY

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E Of Minerva

E of Minerva is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Idocrase, Microcline crystals, Scapolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Edwards — barite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Edwards

Edwards is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Barite, Galena, Gypsum, Sphalerite, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Eurypterus Remipes — mixed rockhounding site near NY, NY

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Eurypterus Remipes

Eurypterus remipes is a documented rockhounding destination in NY. 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 variesNew York

Fayetteville — fluorite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Fayetteville

Fayetteville is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Fogelsanger Quarry — calcite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Fogelsanger Quarry

Fogelsanger Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Calcite, Favosites, Fossilized coral. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Gore Mountain — almandine rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Gore Mountain

Gore Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Almandine, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Humphrey Mountain — almandine rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Humphrey Mountain

Humphrey Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Almandine, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Jaycox Creek Area — silicified coral rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Jaycox Creek Area

Jaycox Creek Area is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Silicified coral. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Keeseville — labradorite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Keeseville

Keeseville is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Labradorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Lake Harris — albite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Lake Harris

Lake Harris is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Albite, Amphibole, Apatite, Diopside, Graphite, Muscovite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Smoky Quartz crystals, Scapolite, Tourmaline, Tremolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Lead Hill — graphite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Lead Hill

Lead Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Graphite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Lockport — fluorite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Lockport

Lockport is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Lowville — fluorite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Lowville

Lowville is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Lyon Mountain — aegirine rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Lyon Mountain

Lyon Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Aegirine, Albite, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Orthoclase, Perthite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stilbite, Wernerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Manlius — fluorite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Manlius

Manlius is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Muskellunge Lake — fluorite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Muskellunge Lake

Muskellunge Lake is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Niagara-falls-us — mixed rockhounding site near NY, NY

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Niagara-falls-us

niagara-falls-us is a documented rockhounding destination in NY. 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 variesNew York

Old Mine Dump — sunstone rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Old Mine Dump

Old mine dump is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Sunstone. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Opalescent River — labradorite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Opalescent River

Opalescent River is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Labradorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Oswegatchie River Area — serpentine rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Oswegatchie River Area

Oswegatchie River Area is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Serpentine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Palisades — mixed rockhounding site near NY, NY

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Palisades

Palisades is a documented rockhounding destination in NY. 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 variesNew York

Palmer Hill Mine — fluorite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Palmer Hill Mine

Palmer Hill Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Peeksill — sunstone rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Peeksill

Peeksill is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Sunstone. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Penn Dixie — mixed rockhounding site near NY, NY

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Penn Dixie

Penn Dixie is a documented rockhounding destination in NY. 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 variesNew York

Peter Wyant Mica Property Deposit — graphite rockhounding site near Rockland, NY

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Peter Wyant Mica Property Deposit

Peter Wyant Mica Property Deposit is a mineral prospect in Rockland, New York, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Graphite, Mica.

Fee variesRockland

Philadelphia — hematite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Hematite, Pyrite, Siderite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Phillips Mine — iron rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Phillips Mine

Phillips Mine is a historic mining site in Putnam, Westchester, New York, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Iron, Pyrite.

Fee variesNew York

Port Kent — labradorite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Port Kent

Port Kent is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Labradorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Probably Borrow Pit Of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material — soapstone rockhounding site near Dutchess, NY

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Probably Borrow Pit Of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material

Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material is a historic mining site in Dutchess, New York, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Soapstone.

Fee variesDutchess

Quarry (talc) — serpentine rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Quarry (talc)

Quarry (Talc) is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Serpentine, Talc. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Richville — moonstone rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Richville

Richville is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Moonstone, Diopside, Brown Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Sacandaga River — labradorite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Sacandaga River

Sacandaga River is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Labradorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Schoharie County — silicified coral rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Schoharie County

Schoharie County is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Silicified coral. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

St Lawrence County Fluorite — fluorite rockhounding site near Balmat, NY

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St Lawrence County Fluorite

Balmat-Edwards zinc district in the Adirondack Lowlands produced purple fluorite and galena specimens prized by collectors.

Fee variesBalmat

Summitville — sphalerite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Summitville

Summitville is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Syracuse — peridotite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Syracuse

Syracuse is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Peridotite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Tilly Foster Iron Mine — magnetite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Tilly Foster Iron Mine

Tilly Foster Iron Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Magnetite, Brucite, Chondronite, Clinochlore, Titanite, Many minerals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Ulster County — sphalerite rockhounding site near New York, NY

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Ulster County

Ulster County is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Sphalerite, Siderite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

Weed Limonite Mine — iron rockhounding site near Columbia, NY

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Weed Limonite Mine

Weed Limonite Mine is a historic mining site in Columbia, New York, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Iron, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite.

Fee variesColumbia