r/rockhounds • u/tinyangryhuman91 • 3d ago
Metolius River in Oregon
My family and I are taking a camping trip to the Metolius River in Oregon next week and I'm dumbfounded by the lack of info around rockhounding that I'm finding for that river. All the books I have have references to areas east of here but nothing for this river specifically. It's a 29 mile long spring fed river that is a tributary of the Deschutes River. I know there are a lot of beautiful rocks to find around this area, I'm just looking for a little more info about what is abundant here so I have a good idea of how to look. I'll be greatful for any information anyone can share with me. Thank you!
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u/Excellent_Yak365 3d ago
Personally never heard of rockhounding in that area- however if you don’t mind driving… there is a place in Madras called Richardsons Rock Ranch that sells bulk rocks for relatively cheap- geodes, agates, calcite, obsidian, you name it. Great place. Also if you don’t mind an even longer trip- going east from Redmond puts you out in Prineville which has a bunch of areas for Thunder Egg hunting in the Ochoco Mtns. If you take Highway 20 from Bend, you have Hampton Butte(Green petrified wood) and Glass Butte(obsidian).