Rockhounding in Missouri

94 mapped spots across 52 counties. Missouri produces a wide range of rockhounding-grade material — see the full list of spots, minerals, and access notes below.

Top minerals found in Missouri

Counts reflect how many spots in this list mention each mineral.

Rockhounding near major Missouri cities

Day-trip range. Each section lists the closest mapped rockhounding spots within about 150 miles of the city — most are inside a 2 to 3 hour drive.

Rockhounding near Kansas City

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6 closest spots to Kansas City, MO.

Rockhounding near St. Louis

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6 closest spots to St. Louis, MO.

Neighboring states with rockhounding

Geology rarely respects state borders. These states share mapped rockhounding country with Missouri — useful when Missouri is the start, not the whole trip. Each card links to the closest county across the line.

Rockhounding by county in Missouri

County pages are linked once we have at least 3 mapped spots for a focused guide with coordinates, mineral notes, and nearby spots.

Every rockhounding spot in Missouri

Sorted by county. Tap coordinates to open in Google Maps, or open RockHoundR for the full map view with land overlays and weather.

Spot	County	Minerals	Coordinates	Access
Chariton River	Adair County	Calcite Goethite Quartz Septarian Nodules	40.0673, -92.6904	Public
Liberal	Barton County	Pickeringite Pyrite Siderite	37.5827, -94.4869	Public
Foster & Hume	Bates County	Alunogen Gypsum Melanterite	38.1565, -94.4942	Public
LincolnBenton County Northeast 281	Benton County	Chalcedony Chert Mozarkite Galena Jasper	38.3830, -93.2318	Public
Warsaw	Benton County	Agate Chert Mozarkite	38.1868, -93.3821	Public
Marble Hill E General AreaCounty Road 402	Bollinger County	Agate Petrified Wood	37.2821, -89.9233	Public
Adrian’s QuarryUS 63	Boone County	Calcite Chalcopyrite Marcasite Millerite Pyrite	38.6723, -92.2290	Public
Finger Lakes State ParkEast Peabody Haul Road	Boone County	Aragonite Copiapite Gypsum Halotrichite Marcasite Melanterite Pyrite	39.0803, -92.3031	Public
RuckerWest Thornhill Road	Boone County	Alunogen Gypsum	39.2312, -92.4180	Public
Sugar CreekSouthwest 116 Highway	Buchanan County	Septarian Nodules Aragonite Calcite Celestite Pyrite Sphalerite	39.5525, -94.9978	Public
Cape Girardeau CountyClark Street	Cape Girardeau County	Agate Petrified Wood	37.3888, -89.6517	Public
Pleasant HillRock Island Trail	Cass County	Calcite Vivianite	38.7920, -94.2785	Public
Alexandria & WaylandCounty Road 323	Clark County	Geode	40.3583, -91.5089	Public
Fox CityCounty Road 180	Clark County	Geode Calcite	40.4262, -91.6293	Public
KahokaCounty Road 176	Clark County	Geode	40.4502, -91.6986	Public
St. FrancisvilleCounty Road 197	Clark County	Geode Barite Calcite Fluorite Malachite Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite	40.4541, -91.5784	Public
Cole CountyMO BB	Cole County	Barite Calcite Cerussite Chalcopyrite Dolomite Hematite Galena Malachite +4 more	38.3686, -92.3916	Public
Bleeding Hill MineChristy Mine Road	Crawford County	Copper Cuprite Goethite Pyrite	38.0414, -91.1539	Public
Copper Hill MineWatson Road	Crawford County	Azurite Barite Chalcopyrite Gypsum Hematite Malachite Marcasite Pyrite +1 more	38.1872, -91.1082	Public
Crooked Creek CraterCedar Drive	Crawford County	Barite Galena Marcasite Pyrite Sphalerite	37.8330, -91.4113	Public
Hinch Copper MineChristy Mine Road	Crawford County	Copper Cuprite Limonite Hematite Malachite Marcasite	38.0351, -91.1448	Public
ScotiaSanke Road	Crawford County	Azurite Goethite Hematite Malachite Pyrite Quartz	37.9870, -91.3391	Public
SteelvilleStoney Ridge Lane	Crawford County	Allophane Amethyst Azurite Dolomite Galena Goethite Hematite Malachite +4 more	38.0247, -91.2273	Public
SullivanFarris Road	Crawford County	Azurite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Copper Cuprite Hematite Malachite Pyrite	38.1596, -91.1642	Public
GreenfieldEast Dade 114	Dade County	Agate Chert Petrified Wood	37.4162, -93.8310	Public
Daviess County215th Street	Daviess County	Lake Superior Agate Jasper Fossils Petrified Wood	39.9653, -93.9975	Public
Dog CreekMO 6	Daviess County	Calcite Sphalerite	39.8956, -94.1180	Public
GallatinPepper Avenue	Daviess County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood Fossils	39.9193, -93.9405	Public
Grindstone CreekMO C	DeKalb County	Calcite	39.7815, -94.2871	Public
Simmons MineSouth Sligo Street	Dent County	Hematite Quartz	37.6341, -91.5511	Public
Ruepple Iron MineSpring Oak Lane	Franklin County	Amethyst Goethite Hematite Marcasite Melanterite Pyrite Quartz Siderite +4 more	38.2708, -91.1408	Public
Saint ClairRockyhill Trail	Franklin County	Anglesite Galena Barite Calcite Cerussite Pyrite Smithsonite Sphalerite	38.3020, -90.9191	Public
Gentry County	Gentry County	Lake Superior Agate Jasper Fossils Petrified Wood	40.2077, -94.3754	Public
SpringfieldEast Chestnut Expressway	Greene County	Barite Calcite Cerussite Dickite Dolomite Galena Limonite Marcasite +2 more	37.2098, -93.2264	Public
Grundy County	Grundy County	Lake Superior Agate Jasper Fossils Petrified Wood	40.1196, -93.5296	Public
Tightwad	Henry County	Pyrite	38.2877, -93.5644	Public
HermitageEast Dallas Street	Hickory County	Chalcedony Chert	37.9435, -93.3081	Public
Peterson MineCounty Road 182	Hickory County	Sphalerite	37.9260, -93.2686	Public
Alice Mine near ElijahCounty Road 7280	Howell County	Dolomite Greenockite Pyrite Quartz Smithsonite Sphalerite	36.5932, -92.1222	Public
Bellview	Iron County	Actinolite	37.6407, -90.8107	Public
Bixby	Iron County	Bornite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Galena Malachite Marcasite Millerite Pyrite +1 more	37.6029, -91.1169	Public
Cuthbertson MountainBerryman Road	Iron County	Hematite Pyrolusite Chalcopyrite Copper Epidote Garnet Malachite	37.5422, -90.6512	Public
GranitevilleCounty Road 96	Iron County	Actinolite Apatite Beryl Fluorite Galena Hematite Magnetite Orthoclase +2 more	37.6617, -90.6814	Public
Shepherd Mountain	Iron County	Fluorite Hematite Magnetite Quartz	37.6065, -90.6435	Public
Kansas CityEast 63rd Street	Jackson County	Aragonite Barite Calcite Dolomite Marcasite Common Opal	39.0146, -94.5000	Public
JoplinNorth 3rd Street	Jasper County	Apatite Aragonite Azurite Barite Calcite Cerussite Chalcopyrite Chrysocolla +5 more	37.1950, -94.4756	Public
ArnoldRichardson Road	Jefferson County	Geode Dolomite Marcasite Pyrite Sphalerite Calcite	38.4192, -90.3896	Public
De SotoUS 67	Jefferson County	Fluorescent Calcite	38.0810, -90.4854	Public
Jefferson CountyVeterans Memorial Highway	Jefferson County	Calcite Nodules Sphalerite	38.4622, -90.4206	Public
Walnut CreekNorthwest 700	Johnson County	Sphalerite	38.8689, -93.7830	Public
NewarkMO E	Knox County	Calcite Chalcopyrite Goethite Malachite Pyrite Quartz	39.9759, -91.9786	Public
Decaturville CraterLilac Rd	Laclede County	Albite Galena Glauconite Limonite Marcasite Microcline Muscovite Opal +4 more	37.8930, -92.7085	Public
Fabius River275th Avenue	Lewis County	Geode Calcite Malachite Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Aragonite	39.9756, -91.6218	Public
La GrangeWharf Street	Lewis County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper	40.0469, -91.4958	Public
Old MonroeEast Sycamore Road	Lincoln County	Lake Superior Agate Garnet Staurolite	38.9307, -90.7431	Public
TroyHampel Road	Lincoln County	Calcite Marcasite Pyrite Chalcopyrite Malachite Millerite Quartz Sphalerite	38.9185, -90.9386	Public
Livingston County	Livingston County	Lake Superior Agate Jasper Fossils Petrified Wood	39.7545, -93.5739	Public
ElmerFountain Street	Macon County	Gold Garnet	39.9664, -92.6565	Public
Captain CreekMadison 425	Madison County	Actinolite Epidote	37.4421, -90.4480	Public
FredericktownCounty Road 274	Madison County	Aragonite Azurite Calcite Cerussite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Dolomite Galena +5 more	37.6154, -90.2847	Public
ZionCounty Road 319	Madison County	Jasper	37.4233, -90.2870	Public
Elk River near Bee BluffMO E	McDonald County	Chert Blue Chert	36.6316, -94.1918	Public
Eldon & EttervilleHobby Horse Road	Moniteau County	Barite Calcite Cerussite Dolomite Galena Malachite Marcasite Pyrite +3 more	38.4400, -92.5802	Public
Danville QuarryMO J	Montgomery County	Calcite Dolomite Millerite Pyrite	38.9006, -91.5417	Public
VersaillesGunn Road	Morgan County	Barite	38.4406, -92.8552	Public
DexterMO D	New Madrid County	Chert Blue Agate Gray Agate Pink Agate White Agate	36.6143, -89.9624	Public
Indian Creek	Newton County	Quartz Smoky Quartz	36.7813, -94.2447	Public
WentworthGum Road	Newton County	Zinc Pyrite Sphalerite	36.9411, -94.0652	Public
Timber Knob	Ozark County	White Chert	36.5654, -92.4678	Public
SedaliaYeater Road	Pettis County	Pyrite	38.7482, -93.3053	Public
SmithtonLamms Lane	Pettis County	Blue Barite	38.6844, -93.1342	Public
Moselle Iron MinesCounty Road 7240	Phelps County	Amethyst Arsenopyrite Azurite Chalcopyrite Hematite Malachite Marcasite Pyrite +1 more	37.8346, -91.8288	Public
Newburg	Phelps County	Calcite	37.8996, -91.9057	Public
HannibalRevere Trail	Ralls County	Marcasite Pyrite	39.6683, -91.3353	Public
New LondonAvenue of the Saints	Ralls County	Silicified Conodonts	39.6083, -91.4061	Public
SavertonMO 79	Ralls County	Pyrite	39.6451, -91.2888	Public
Current River	Ripley County	Chert Nodules	36.6213, -90.8446	Public
DoniphanCounty Road 160 E-10	Ripley County	Flint	36.6392, -90.7783	Public
Chesterfield	Saint Charles County	Garnet Staurolite	38.6871, -90.6178	Public
Defiance QuarryMO DD	Saint Charles County	Yellow Calcite White Calcite Goethite Marcasite Pyrite Sphalerite Fossils	38.6608, -90.7760	Public
Saint Charles QuarryArena Parkway	Saint Charles County	Yellow Calcite Green Calcite Chert Nodules Dolomite Fluorite Fossils	38.7504, -90.5095	Public
Weber QuarryI 70	Saint Charles County	Geode Fluorite Millerite Calcite	38.8043, -90.7429	Public
Iron Mountain	Saint Francois County	Yellow Garnet Apatite Barite Calcite Diopside Dolomite Epidote Fluorite +3 more	37.7092, -90.6343	Public
St. Francois CountyHawthorne Street	Saint Francois County	Barite Goethite Pyrite Quartz Cerussite Chalcopyrite Galena Malachite +2 more	37.8948, -90.5261	Public
Coldwater Creek in FlorissantBrookshire Drive	Saint Louis County	Vivianite	38.8216, -90.3077	Public
FlorissantLewis and Clark Boulevard	Saint Louis County	Calcite Celestite	38.8373, -90.2329	Public
St. Louis (barite area)Hays Hill Drive	Saint Louis County	Barite Calcite Goethite Pyrite Quartz	38.5152, -90.4455	Public
St. Louis (calcite area)Eagle Rock Cove	Saint Louis County	Calcite Millerite Quartz	38.5378, -90.4931	Public
EminenceOld Highway 19	Shannon County	Calcite Chalcopyrite Cuprite Dolomite Malachite Fluorite	37.0984, -91.3161	Public
Haunted Ridge RocksRoderick Road	Washington County		38.0070, -90.6785	Paid / fee
Hawks Bluff Farm Rocks and DrusyMurphy Road	Washington County		38.0285, -90.6498	Paid / fee
Old MinesMO 21;MO 47	Washington County	Barite Calcite Galena Goethite Malachite Marcasite Pyrite Chert +1 more	38.0152, -90.7561	Public
PalmerPalmer Road	Washington County	Anglesite Calcite Cerussite Dolomite Galena Goethite Pyrite Quartz +1 more	37.8464, -90.9444	Public
MansfieldUS 60	Wright County	Galena Smithsonite Sphalerite Hemimorphite	37.1107, -92.5432	Public

Missouri rockhounding FAQ

Is rockhounding legal in Missouri?+

Casual hand collecting is allowed on most BLM and U.S. Forest Service land in Missouri, with daily and annual limits set by the managing field office. National parks, most state parks, and tribal lands are off-limits. Always confirm rules with the local agency before a trip.

What rocks and minerals can you find in Missouri?+

Missouri spots in this list most commonly produce Pyrite, Calcite, Sphalerite, Quartz, Marcasite. The full list across all spots is broader.

How many rockhounding sites are in Missouri?+

RockHoundR currently lists 94 rockhounding spots in Missouri across 52 counties. Many more exist; the app keeps your private finds saved alongside the public ones.

Can I take rocks home from Missouri public land?+

On most BLM and Forest Service land, recreational hand collecting of common rocks and minerals is allowed in reasonable amounts. Vertebrate fossils, archaeological items, and posted mining-claim minerals are not. Check the field office for current limits.

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