Allowed
Garnet Hill — Ely BLM
Nevada, White Pine·Rockhounding
Garnet Hill near Ely, Nevada is one of the most accessible free rockhounding sites in the Great Basin — an exposed rhyolite flow studded with red almandine garnets that can be collected by the bucketful with no permit for personal use. BLM personal-use collection rules allow up to 25 pounds per day, 250 pounds per year. Garnets are found loose in the soil and matrix throughout the designated fee-free collection area managed by the BLM Ely District.
- Personal-use collection of garnets and other surface minerals is allowed without a permit under BLM personal-use policy — up to 25 pounds per day, 250 pounds per year per collector
- Collection must remain within the designated BLM collection area around Garnet Hill — not all surrounding land is open BLM; verify boundaries with Ely District office