Quemado: Agate & Chalcedony Rockhounding in Catron County, New Mexico
- Minerals reported
- 4
- Elevation
- 6,900 ft
- Best months
- Year-round
Quemado is a mapped rockhounding spot in Catron County, New Mexico. Reported finds include agate, chalcedony, jasper, agatized wood. Below: coordinates, access notes, nearby spots, and trip-planning links.
Plan your visit
Permission required before collecting
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest road
- US 60
- Coordinates
- 34.34157, -108.49270
Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground in the RockHoundR app, where land overlays show which agency manages the area.
Land & collecting status
Permission required before collecting
Requires landowner or agency permission before any collecting. Do not enter without explicit authorization.
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 Quemado
Comfortable months (45 to 90°F highs)
Conditions here are workable year-round, with typical highs from 46°F in winter to 84°F in summer.
Climate normals: NOAA 1991-2020 monthlies, QUEMADO station (0 mi away).
Geology at Quemado
This spot sits on Alluvium, mapped as unconsolidated alluvium that formed within roughly the last 129,000 years. Petrified wood typically travels as tough float, and worked gravels like these are exactly where weathered pieces tend to collect.
- Mapped unit
- Alluvium
- Age
- < 1 Ma (Late Pleistocene to Holocene)
- Rock types
- unconsolidated alluvium
- Elevation
- 6,900 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:
- Rockhound State Park, Collection rules
- BLM New Mexico
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
- Community submissions reviewed against published agency rules
Found at Quemado
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Nearby rockhounding spots
Other rockhounding spots within driving distance of Quemado.
- Horse Camp CanyonCatron County, New Mexico · 14 mi awayAgatized Wood
- Lee Russell CanyonCatron County, New Mexico · 30 mi awayAgate
- Lee Russell & Kerr CanyonsCatron County, New Mexico · 31 mi awayAgate
- Lee Russell CanyonCatron County, New Mexico · 31 mi awayAgate
- Elk Horn ParkCatron County, New Mexico · 33 mi awayAgate
- Plains of San AgustinCatron County, New Mexico · 34 mi awayMoss Agate, Jasper
- Sand Canyon AgateCatron County, New Mexico · 35 mi awayChalcedony, Agate
- Apache Creek CampgroundCatron County, New Mexico · 36 mi awayChalcedony, Agate
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