Coquille River Gravel Bars: Petrified Wood & Jasper Rockhounding in Coos County, Oregon
- Minerals reported
- 5
- Elevation
- 10 ft
- Best months
- Year-round
Coquille River Gravel Bars is a mapped rockhounding spot in Coos County, Oregon. Reported finds include petrified wood, jasper, agate, quartz, fossil. Below: coordinates, access notes, nearby spots, and trip-planning links.
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- County
- Coos County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest road
- Bullards Beach Road
- Coordinates
- 43.14461, -124.40953
Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground in the RockHoundR app, where land overlays show which agency manages the area.
Land & collecting status
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Land status here is not confirmed. Verify with the managing agency before collecting, federal, state, and tribal rules differ.
Public-land rules vary by agency, season, and field office. The RockHoundR app pulls live BLM, USFS, NPS, and tribal overlays so you can see exactly which agency manages the ground at this spot.
Best time to visit Coquille River Gravel Bars
Comfortable months (45 to 90°F highs)
Conditions here are workable year-round, with typical highs from 55°F in winter to 68°F in summer.
Climate normals: NOAA 1991-2020 monthlies, BANDON 2 NNE station (1 mi away).
Geology at Coquille River Gravel Bars
This spot sits on surficial deposits; Eolian deposits, mapped as dune sand that formed within roughly the last 12,000 years. Reworked sediments like these can carry fossils eroded from older beds upstream, typically as rolled bone fragments, teeth, and shell material.
- Mapped unit
- surficial deposits; Eolian deposits
- Age
- < 1 Ma (Holocene)
- Rock types
- dune sand
- Elevation
- 10 ft
Geologic mapping via Macrostrat and the underlying state geological survey maps (CC BY 4.0). Bedrock at the surface can vary within a mapped unit.
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Spot details combine the public RockHoundR location dataset, normalized mineral labels, agency land-status checks in the app, and community submissions. Coordinates are approximate until verified in the field.
State guidance last verified:
- BLM Oregon/Washington, Rockhounding & mineral material
- Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI)
- Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, beach collecting rules
- Community submissions reviewed against published agency rules
Found at Coquille River Gravel Bars
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Nearby rockhounding spots
Other rockhounding spots within driving distance of Coquille River Gravel Bars.
- Whiskey Run LaneCoos County, Oregon · 5 mi awayAgate, Jasper, Quartz
- Merchants BeachCoos County, Oregon · 6 mi awayAgate, Jasper, Petrified Wood
- Cape Blanco State ParkCurry County, Oregon · 22 mi awayAgate, Jasper
- Sugarloaf Mt.Curry County, Oregon · 23 mi awayNephrite, Serpentine
- Sixes River Recreation AreaCurry County, Oregon · 24 mi awayGold, Agate, Jasper
- Agate BeachCurry County, Oregon · 28 mi awayAgate, Jasper
- Port OrfordCurry County, Oregon · 28 mi awayPlatinum
- Elk RiverCurry County, Oregon · 30 mi awayQuartz, Agate, Jasper
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