Looking for a place to gem hunt around yellowstone or from oklahoma to yellowstone

[okie jack]

Was really wanting to do some gem hunting and gold panning on this trip but I'm having a hard time finding any places. Any help would make my and my sons day. We are going to be on the Wyoming side and around jackson hole. Thanks in advance.

 

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[golden sluice]

Great new areas to go mining for golld and crystals. In a few thousand years.

 

[JLeonhardy]

This guy is the reason I have added Wyoming to my rock hunting 'To Do' list.

Professor Hausel's Prospecting Hints for Gemstones and Gold - The GEMHUNTER

 

[usagold]

Was really wanting to do some gem hunting and gold panning on this trip but I'm having a hard time finding any places. Any help would make my and my sons day. We are going to be on the Wyoming side and around jackson hole. Thanks in advance.

Ever tried Western South Dakota? A good area. Check out: THE OLD MANS FAIRBURNS & MORE

 

[mamabear]

Roadside Geology of Wyoming by Lageson & Spearing
I used this book a lot while in Wyo. I found jade, snowflake obsidian, petrified/opalised wood & stumbled upon a bluff of gorgeous flint. Looked like moss agate. & the pieces laying on the ground were already polished by the wind & sand. & then there's the fossils! By Kemmerer. Oh & the fishing! & the hunting! & the- - need I say I love WYO.
I envy you your trip. Would love to go to. But while daughters are in college, I will be hunting happily in MO, & hopefully AR.
Good luck!

 

[mamabear]

This guy is the reason I have added Wyoming to my rock hunting 'To Do' list. Professor Hausel's Prospecting Hints for Gemstones and Gold - The GEMHUNTER

Ok his site is now on my favorites list! Thanks for sharing the link!

 

[loco oro]

wyoming is one of the best places to go prospecting in my opinion,this state is under rated in my opinion, everything from diamonds ,to jade, opal, silified wood, some with vugs of amethyst,the wind river region is a great place for gold and gems,and to the south east of this region is whats called the red desert, the jade region,this whole state has something to offer, wyoming is a gem in its own right!fossils to diamonds, and everything in between,great place to go, my advice is to keep your eyes peeled,because there are goodys everywhere! you mention jaskson hole, this is the absaroka range,known for its opalised wood,silified wood,agate.