Actually, Washington state has a limited variety of gemstones, restricted mainly to agate, opal, quartz and chalcedony

WASHINGTON GEMS

The information below is based on that which can be found in our new gold/gem folios. If you would like to have some of these gold/gem maps for your own,CLICK HERE.

The sites are listed by county. These are just a few of the many sites imprinted in the map folios.

CLALLAM COUNTY - at Agate Bay, at Lake Crescent and 6.5 m W - A
COWLITZ COUNTY - at Silver Lake -A, Jasper. At Cowlitz River near Kalama - A
CHELAN COUNTY - at Crown Point mine W from Lyman Lake - Q
DOUGLAS COUNTY - along Moses Coulee 2 m NE from Palisades - Opal
FERRY COUNTY - 15 m NE from Republic - Y FRANKLIN COUNTY - Columbia River east bank NW from Pasco - A
GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY - on beaches between Grayland and Westport - A
ISLAND COUNTY - at Whidbey Island - J,A
JEFFERSON COUNTY - between Kalaloch and Queets along the beach - A
....At Mt Anderson - Q. At Rustler Creek - Q.
KING COUNTY - Denny Creek near Denny Mtn - Q. 300 feet above Devil's
....Canyon Prospect - Q. At Clipper - Q. At Denny Iron - Q
KITTITAS COUNTY - W shire of Lake Cle Elum near island - Q. Horse Canyon at
....Virden - H. Middle fork of Reanaway River - A. From Redtop W to Lake Cle Elum -
....A,H. At Crystal Mtn and headwaters of Boulder and Williams Creeks - A. At Squaw
....Creek E of Yakima River - A.
KLICKITAT COUNTY - 12 miles N from Lyle - A, Jasper
LINCOLN COUNTY - one mile NW and N from Mondovi - Opal
OKANOGAN COUNTY - at Nespelem - Tu. At Happy Hill N from Okanogan -
....Q (FEE). At Early Winters Creek, on mtn NW - SQ. SHERIDAN district - E fork of
....Toroda Creek - Q
PACIFIC COUNTY - 2 miles N from Bear River mouth - A
PIERCE COUNTY - Siegmund Ranch E from Clay City - Q (FEE?)
PEND OREILLE COUNTY - at Pend Oreille River 2 miles NW from Newport - Q
....At beaches of Yakima Bay Park - A
SKAGIT COUNTY - on beach at Anacortes - Jasper. At Cultus Mtn near
....Mount Vernon - Jade
SKAMANIA COUNTY - Wind River 17 miles W from Carson - Opal. Stevenson
.... - 4 miles NW - H
SNOHOMISH COUNTY - At Deer Creek near Oso - J. At Silver Peak - Q
THURSTON COUNTY - at Tono -A,H. At Centralia - 4.5 miles E - A. In
....Chehalis and Upper Newaukum River valleys - A. In Shookumchuck River
....canyon - H
WAHKIAKUM COUNTY - Gorley Ranch near rays River - A (FEE)
WHITMAN COUNTY - at Bald Butte near Colton - SQ. At hill W from
....Ringo Station - Y. 8 miles WNW from Clarkston - Opal
YAKIMA COUNTY - near Yakima - Jasper. At Yakima River W from
....Sunnyside - A.

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