Meeteetse

Meeteetse is a small town in Park County, Wyoming, in the Bighorn Basin south of Cody. The basin holds Tertiary sedimentary and volcaniclastic deposits that preserved wood through silicification, and the broader Absaroka Volcanic Province — which runs roughly from Cody south through Meeteetse into the upper Greybull River drainage — is Eocene-age volcanic terrain known regionally for thundereggs and agate nodules with chalcedony or moss-agate interiors. That's solid regional geology. What's unverified is a specific site: Meeteetse's own Wikipedia entry says nothing about agate, jasper, or rockhounding, and land in this part of the Bighorn Basin is a real mix of BLM and private ranch land, which means knowing exactly which parcel you're on matters more here than in most places.

Meeteetse is on Wyoming Highway 120, about 30 miles south of Cody in Park County. The DB coordinate lands close to the town itself, not a named mine or drainage — collecting areas referenced in regional accounts are generally east of town, in badlands terrain requiring high-clearance or 4WD vehicles.

General inference for this Bighorn Basin/badlands terrain: surface float collecting of petrified wood, agate, and chalcedony exposed by erosion, consistent with how this region is typically worked. Not confirmed as site-specific guidance.

Land status around Meeteetse is genuinely mixed — BLM sections interspersed with private ranch land — so check current BLM land status maps before heading out rather than assuming any given spot is open. Where BLM land applies, standard federal casual-collecting limits are typically 25 lbs per day plus one piece, up to 250 lbs per year, for personal non-commercial use — confirm current limits with the BLM field office covering this district before collecting.