Rockhounding in Saint Lawrence County, New York
19 mapped rockhounding spots in Saint Lawrence County. Most commonly produces calcite, barite, fluorite, diopside.
Every rockhounding spot in Saint Lawrence County
Best spotEdwardsSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPublic access · Barite, Galena, Gypsum +2- Best spotBalmatSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPublic access · Anthophyllite, Apatite, Talc +1
- Best spotFowlerSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPublic access · Geode, Hematite, Barite
- Best spotSelleck RoadSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPublic access · Black Tourmaline, Tremolite
- Best spotOxbow Road Cut (Oxbow-Rossie Road)Saint Lawrence County, New YorkPublic access · Calcite
Rossie Lead MinesSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPermission required · Galena, Calcite, Graphite +4- Fowler BalmatSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPermission required · Galena, Calcite, Magnetite +2
- Benson MinesSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPermission required · Magnetite, Calcite, Almandine Garnet
- Hicks FarmSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPermission required · Titanite, Spinel, Calcite
- Power's FarmSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPermission required · Dravite, Smoky Quartz, Uvite
RichvilleSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPublic access · Moonstone, Diopside, Brown Tourmaline- Rose RoadSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPublic access · Diopside, Calcite, Fluorapatite
- DeKalbSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPublic access · Barite, Fluorite
- Calvin Mitchell FarmSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPermission required · Diopside
- Chub LakeSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPermission required · Specular Hematite
- Oswegatchie River AreaSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPublic access · Serpentine
- Rastley RoadSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPublic access · Fluorite
- Reese Farm/Dale Bush FarmSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPermission required · Dravite
- TalcvilleSaint Lawrence County, New YorkPermission required · Hexagonite
Saint Lawrence County rockhounding photos
Representative spot and material photos from this county, shown where verified public image records are available.
Minerals reported in Saint Lawrence County
Standouts in Saint Lawrence County
Hand-picked spots in Saint Lawrence County, chosen for unusual mineralogy or documented public access. Each card opens the full coordinates and access notes.
Top pickBalmat
Public accessSaint Lawrence County
Balmat anchors the Balmat-Edwards zinc district, a world-class metamorphosed carbonate terrane famous for fine tremolite, talc, anthophyllite, and associated sulfides.
Anthophyllite, Apatite, Talc, Tremolite
Top pickEdwards
Public accessSaint Lawrence County
Edwards is a core locality of the Balmat-Edwards zinc belt, yielding sphalerite, galena, gypsum, and purple fluorite from the same metamorphosed marble that made the district internationally known.
Barite, Galena, Gypsum, Sphalerite
Top pickFowler
Public accessSaint Lawrence County
Fowler is a St. Lawrence County locality noted for barite and hematite geodes in the metamorphosed carbonate terrane, offering collectors crystal-lined pockets uncommon elsewhere in the region.
Geode, Hematite, Barite
Top pickSelleck Road
Public accessSaint Lawrence County
Selleck Road in West Pierrepont is one of New York's classic mineral localities, known for lustrous black tourmaline of the uvite series grown with silky tremolite.
Black Tourmaline, Tremolite
Top pickOxbow Road Cut (Oxbow-Rossie Road)
Public accessSaint Lawrence County
This roadcut on the Oxbow to Rossie road has supplied collectors with calcite for more than fifty years, including the penetration twins of simple rhombohedra known as Rossie-habit twins.
Calcite
Neighboring counties in New York
Adjacent rockhounding counties, ranked by how close their centroids sit to Saint Lawrence County. A natural extension if Saint Lawrence County is already on your trip plan.
- Jefferson County~23 mi4 spotsTop: Hematite, Barite, Calcite
- Essex County~82 mi10 spotsTop: Labradorite, Graphite, Scapolite
- Clinton County~85 mi5 spotsTop: Magnetite, Quartz, Aegirine
- Warren County~86 mi3 spotsTop: Garnet, Almandine, Apatite
- Herkimer County~91 mi11 spotsTop: Herkimer Diamond, Quartz, Calcite
- Onondaga County~98 mi3 spotsTop: Fluorite, Peridotite
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