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Nevada BLM collecting basics
Most of Nevada is BLM, which is why weekend trips from Cedar City and St. George cross the line. Ordinary Nevada BLM uses the same federal casual-use idea: personal collecting of common rocks and specimens, hand tools, no commercial sale, commonly applied as 25 pounds a day plus one piece and 250 pounds a year. Local closures and claims are the part people skip.
What changes at the state line
- Office. Ely, Caliente, and Battle Mountain are not Fillmore. Call the district on the map, not the Utah desk you already have saved.
- Claims. Nevada has a long mining history. Named crystal and opal areas are often papered. MLRS before you prize a pocket.
- State trust is a smaller share than Utah SITLA, but private, tribal, forest, and Department of Defense land still interrupt the yellow. Click the parcel.
- Wilderness and monuments close or tighten collecting the same way an ACEC does in Utah.
Still not a hobby rock
- Vertebrate fossils
- Artifacts and historic mining camps that are cultural sites
- Petrified wood inside a park or a closure
- Anything you intend to sell
Utah side of the same rule: is rockhounding legal in Utah. The cap numbers live on the BLM limits page.
Informational only — not legal advice. Confirm with the Nevada BLM field office for the unit you are standing on.