Rockhounding in Dawes County, Nebraska
5 mapped rockhounding spots in Dawes County. Most commonly produces chalcedony, fairburn agate, agatized wood, jasper.
Every rockhounding spot in Dawes County
Best spotOrellaDawes County, NebraskaPublic access · Fairburn Agate, Jasper, Carnelian +4
Best spotChadronDawes County, NebraskaPublic access · Chalcedony, Blue Chalcedony
Best spotCrawford (Fairburn area)Dawes County, NebraskaPublic access · Fairburn Agate
Dawes CountyDawes County, NebraskaPublic access · Chalcedony, Celestite, Fossil +2- Crawford (jasper area)Dawes County, NebraskaPublic access · Fairburn Agate, Jasper, Petrified Wood
Dawes County rockhounding photos
Representative spot and material photos from this county, shown where verified public image records are available.
Minerals reported in Dawes County
Standouts in Dawes County
Hand-picked spots in Dawes County, chosen for unusual mineralogy or documented public access. Each card opens the full coordinates and access notes.
- Top pick
Chadron
Public accessDawes County
Chadron sits in the type area of the Chadron Formation, the Oligocene beds that produce Nebraska's state gemstone: translucent blue chalcedony, often called Nebraska blue agate.
Chalcedony, Blue Chalcedony
- Top pick
Crawford (Fairburn area)
Public accessDawes County
Crawford is the gateway to Toadstool Geologic Park and the northern Oglala National Grassland, and the grassland draws around it are one of the few places in Nebraska to hunt Fairburn agate, the prized fortification agate, alongside prairie agate, jasper, and chalcedony.
Fairburn Agate
- Top pick
Orella
Public accessDawes County
The heart of Nebraska rockhounding.
Fairburn Agate, Jasper, Carnelian, Opalized Wood
Neighboring counties in Nebraska
Adjacent rockhounding counties, ranked by how close their centroids sit to Dawes County. A natural extension if Dawes County is already on your trip plan.
Across the state line from Dawes County
Rockhounding counties in neighboring states within driving range. Geology rarely respects state borders. These are often the closest mapped spots you can reach without going deeper into Nebraska.
- Fall River County~30 miSouth Dakota · 3 spotsTop: Agatized Wood, Fairburn Agate, Jasper
- Oglala Lakota County~51 miSouth Dakota · 4 spotsTop: Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper
- Custer County~64 miSouth Dakota · 13 spotsTop: Fairburn Agate, Agate, Almandine Garnet
- Goshen County~66 miWyoming · 3 spotsTop: Agate, Malachite, Azurite
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