Power's Farm: Dravite & Smoky Quartz Rockhounding in Saint Lawrence County, New York

Plan your visit

Permission required before collecting

County

Saint Lawrence County

State

New York

Nearest road

Main Street

Postcode

13617

Coordinates

44.54213, -75.01193

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 Power's Farm

Comfortable months (45 to 90°F highs)

Best months: April to October. Typical highs run 79°F in midsummer and 25°F in midwinter, with winter lows near 6°F.

Climate normals: NOAA 1991-2020 monthlies, COLTON 2 N station (4 mi away), adjusted for elevation.

Geology at Power's Farm

This spot sits on Biotite and/or hornblende granite gneiss, mapped as gneiss that formed roughly 1600 to 1000 million years ago. Metamorphic terrain like this typically carries quartz veins and sweats, and weathered crystals tend to end up in the soils and streams below.

Mapped unit

Biotite and/or hornblende granite gneiss

Age

1600–1000 Ma (Mesoproterozoic)

Rock types

gneiss

Elevation

740 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.

Sources & verification

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.

• New York State Museum, Geological Survey
• NYS DEC land use rules
• Herkimer Diamond Mines
• Community submissions reviewed against published agency rules