About this location
This coordinate sits in Fremont County, Wyoming, in the general region where Wyoming's famous nephrite jade fields run — a corridor stretching roughly from Lander southwest toward South Pass and the Red Desert, then east to Seminoe Dam and back north to Alcova.[1] The DB's specimen list (agate, chalcedony, jasper, jade, nephrite jade, quartz, silicified wood) is a solid match for that broader jade-and-agate corridor. What's not confirmed is the specific identity of "Warm Springs" at this exact point — Wyoming has more than one place by that name, and the coordinate doesn't resolve to a named feature. Treat this as a general orientation to Fremont County's jade country rather than a pinpointed, verified collecting site.
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Found Here
Consistent with Wyoming's Granite Mountains/Sweetwater jade region generally: nephrite jade (ranging from apple green to nearly black, often found as float boulders and cobbles rather than in place), agate, jasper, chalcedony, and silicified/petrified wood, plus common quartz.[1] None of this is confirmed specimen-by-specimen at the exact coordinate — it's regional inference based on the area this point falls within.
Difficulty
Getting there
UNVERIFIED at this specific coordinate. Wyoming's jade-hunting corridor is generally reached via backcountry roads off US-287 and WY-28 between Lander and South Pass, and Bureau of Land Management roads further south and east toward the Red Desert — but none of that is confirmed to correspond to this exact pin.
Collecting here
Wyoming jade hunting is typically float collecting — walking BLM ground scanning for loose jade boulders and cobbles weathered out of source rock, rather than digging in place. Best done with practice identifying jade's waxy, dense look against similar-looking rock; many hunters go with an experienced local group at first.
Know before you go
Land status at this coordinate is unverified. If it's BLM land (likely, given the region), Wyoming's general BLM rockhounding rules for personal-use surface collecting would apply — confirm current limits with the BLM Lander Field Office before collecting. Don't assume open access without checking; parts of this broader region include private ranch inholdings.
Location on Map
Coordinates: 42.49083, -108.17210
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Frequently asked questions
Is Warm Springs, Wyoming a real jade-hunting site?
Unverified as a specific named site — the coordinate falls within Wyoming's broader jade-and-agate corridor in Fremont County, but doesn't resolve to a confirmed named feature.
Where is Wyoming's jade-hunting region?
Roughly a band running from Lander southwest through South Pass to the Red Desert, then east to Seminoe Dam and back north to Alcova — spanning Fremont, Sweetwater, and Carbon counties.[1]
How do you hunt for jade in Wyoming?
By walking open ground and scanning for loose jade float — boulders and cobbles weathered out of source rock — rather than digging; nephrite jade has a dense, waxy look that takes practice to spot.
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Sources
- WebSearch summary of Wyoming jade-hunting region descriptions (Fremont County corridor, Granite Mountains) — general regional geography and mineral suite
- Nominatim/OpenStreetMap reverse geocode of 42.49083, -108.1721 — resolves broadly to Fremont County, Wyoming, no specific named feature
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