Collecting stone and rock

ampersat · 12-19-2003, 11:02 PM

I talked to a woman at work who told me that she had gotten a permit and maps to the abandoned quarries around the state. She spent the summer collecting stone for doing hardscaping in her yard. Does anyone know anything about this? I've searched the web high and low and am still coming up empty handed.

pdxkevin · 12-20-2003, 07:01 AM

ok.... here is....<ul type="square">[*]Rock Collecting Guide by the Oregon & Washington
U.S. Bureau of Land Management[*]Guide To Collecting Rocks In The Northwest by Nature Of The Northwest[*]Oregon Collecting Sites by Oregon Rockhounds[*]Oregon Rockhounding by Oregon Rockhouds Online[*]Terri's Oregon Rockhounding Page[*]Rockhounding - What to Look For & where by the US Forest Service[*]Oregon Rockhounding Sites - online maps[/list]
I hope these help

[ 12-20-2003, 08:18 AM: Message edited by: pdxkevin ]

Carver_OR · 12-20-2003, 07:16 AM

If you need landscape rock you can go to the forest service and get a permit for I think 5 dollars and go up the Clackamas drainage and collect rock in the old quarries. If you want plants I believe the permit will let you take them also.
Pat

pdxkevin · 12-20-2003, 07:29 AM

According to the (sometimes tempermental website) Oregon Rock Collecting Guide by the BLM (linked above):

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Collecting Limits & Permits: You can collect a reasonable amount of rocks and minerals from BLM lands, but a permit or fee may be needed if you exceed certain amounts described below. Note that the collecting limits for petrified wood are slightly different.
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A Reasonable Daily Collecting Amount
No BLM Permit Required<ul type="square">[*]fits into the trunk of a car or,[*]is a partial truck load and,[*]weights less than 250 lbs.,[*]and the material is for non-comercial use.[/list]

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More Than A Reasonable Daily Collecting Amount
Requires a permit and fees from BLM<ul type="square">[*]is a full truck load or,[*]involves more than one trip (or partial load) and,[*]weights more than 250 lbs.,[*]or the material is for comercial use.[*]or explosives or power equipment is used.[/list]

<hr /></blockquote>Special rules apply to Petrified Wood.