Rockhounding in Lawrence County, Indiana
6 mapped rockhounding spots in Lawrence County. Most commonly produces geode, barite, calcite, celestite.
Every rockhounding spot in Lawrence County
Best spotBedfordLawrence County, IndianaPublic access · Geode
Best spotSalt CreekLawrence County, IndianaPublic access · Geode
Lawrence CountyLawrence County, IndianaPublic access · Geode, Calcite, Sphalerite +3
BuddhaLawrence County, IndianaPublic access · Barite, Calcite, Celestite +2
GeorgiaLawrence County, IndianaPublic access · Barite, Dolomite, Strontianite
OoliticLawrence County, IndianaPublic access · Oolitic Limestone
Lawrence County rockhounding photos
Representative spot and material photos from this county, shown where verified public image records are available.
Minerals reported in Lawrence County
Standouts in Lawrence County
Hand-picked spots in Lawrence County, chosen for unusual mineralogy or documented public access. Each card opens the full coordinates and access notes.
Top pickBedford
Public accessLawrence County
Bedford is the "Limestone Capital of the World," center of the Salem Limestone (Indiana Limestone) district that supplied the Empire State Building and the Pentagon and became the official state stone in 1971.
Geode
Top pickSalt Creek
Public accessLawrence County
Salt Creek drains the heart of Indiana's Mississippian geode belt, where quartz- and calcite-lined geodes weather out of the Harrodsburg and Salem limestones into the streambed gravel.
Geode
Neighboring counties in Indiana
Adjacent rockhounding counties, ranked by how close their centroids sit to Lawrence County. A natural extension if Lawrence County is already on your trip plan.
- Monroe County~19 mi2 spotsTop: Aragonite, Calcite, Barite
- Brown County~26 mi4 spotsTop: Geode, Quartz, Aragonite
- Owen County~33 mi1 spotTop: Barite, Celestite, Siderite
- Harrison County~46 mi1 spotTop: Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite
- Dearborn County~80 mi1 spotTop: Trilobite
- Warren County~116 mi1 spotTop: Barite, Fossilized Wood, Marcasite
