Oregon Lithic Material
Name | Natural | Non-heat treated points | Heat treated points | Color details | Primary found in: | Associated Formation / Member |
Agate Jasper | Ranges from yellow to brown or green. Part if the material will be banded and be translucent while the remaining material will be mottled and opaque. | Oregon | ||||
Andesite Generic Type |
Oregon | Varies | ||||
Baird Chert | Light gray | Southwestern Oregon | Baird Limestone Formation | |||
Basalt | Ranges from black to gray | Oregon | Volcanic | |||
Bat Cave Jasper AKA: Rim Jasper |
Dense banded high quality jasper with colors of light to dark brown, tans, and black. Light blue, reds, and greenish yellow may occur | Central Oregon | ||||
Bear Creek Moss Agate AKA: Bear Creek Plume Agate |
Mottled clear to light gray or light blue matrix with inclusions of red, yellow, or brown or white plumes. | Central Oregon | ||||
Beatys Butte Obsidian | Ranges from a dark gray to black with reddish brown streaking and patches occurring. | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Belverdere Jasper AKA: Belvade Jasper |
Colors of greens, yellows, reds, oranges, and grays | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Big Obsidian Flow
Obsidian AKA: Buried Obsidian Flow Obsidian |
Black with dark gray banding with small phenocrysts occasionally occurring. | Central Oregon | ||||
Big Stick Obsidian | Black | Central Oregon | ||||
Blackjack Basalt | Dark gray when freshly fractured weathering black, brown, and red. | East central Oregon | Blackjack Basalt Member of the Payette Formation | |||
Blue Chert | Ranges from blue to greenish blue with white veins commonly present. | Southwestern Oregon | ||||
Blue Mountain Jasper | Colors of blue, green, and olive orbs. | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Briggs Jasper AKA: China Hollow Jasper, Dolphite Jasper |
Primarily brown with light to dark brown, yellow, tan, blue, or grayish brown "landscaping" patterns or lines bands and arcs. | North central Oregon | John Day Formation | |||
Broken Top Obsidian | Primarily black, but ranges to varicolored with streaks. | East central Oregon | ||||
Brooks Canyon Obsidian | Black | South central Oregon | ||||
Buck Springs
Obsidian AKA: See page for list |
Black | East central Oregon | ||||
Buena Vista Overlook Obsidian | Black | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Burns Butte Obsidian | Ranges from black to a light to medium grayish green. Darker banding may be present. | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Butte Creek Obsidian | Black | Northwestern Oregon | ||||
Carlon Obsidian AKA: Bald Butte Obsidian |
Black | Central Oregon | ||||
Carver Flow Obsidian AKA: : Demaris Lake, Ludwig Quarry, Squaw Creek. |
Ranges from a dark gray to black with abundant small phenocrysts | Central Oregon | ||||
Carnelian Generic Type |
Translucent and varies in shades from reddish brown to reddish orange. | Oregon | Varies | |||
Chandler Mountain Carnelian | Ranges from red to orange or yellowish orange. Banding may be present. | Northwestern Oregon | ||||
Chickahominy Obsidian | Black | East central Oregon | ||||
Chicken Track Jasper | Shades of brown, blue, and white | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
China Hat Obsidian | Ranges from gray to black. | Central Oregon | ||||
Clackamas River
Obsidian AKA: Mill Creek Buttes Obsidian |
Black | Northwestern Oregon | ||||
Cleetwood Obsidian | Black with reddish brown streaking and patches | Southwestern Oregon | ||||
Coglan Buttes Obsidian | Black | South central Oregon | ||||
Colebrooke Metachert | Southwestern Oregon | Colebrook Formation | ||||
Condrey Mountain Quartzite / Chert | Gray recrystallized chert forming a "sugar quartz" | Southwestern Oregon | Condrey Mountain Formation | |||
Cougar Mountain Obsidian | Ranges from a medium gray to black, occasionally reddish brown streaking occurs. | West central Oregon | ||||
Coyote Butte Argillaceous Wackestone | Yellowish Tan | Northwestern Oregon | Coyote Butte Formation | |||
Coyote Butte Chert |
Ranges
from gray to black with translucent patches. |
Northwestern Oregon | Coyote Butte Limestone Formation | |||
Coyote Wells
Obsidian AKA: Buckboard Reservoir Obsidian, Mesa Reservoir Obsidian |
Black | East central Oregon | ||||
Crater Lake Flower Jasper | Bright red or yellow plumes in a clear to milky white or bluish white matrix | Southwestern Oregon | ||||
Crooked River
Moss Agate / Carnelian AKA: Eagle Point Agate |
Light gray banded chalcedony with brown dendritic inclusions or limbcasts. Carnelian is delicate colors. Eagle Point agate is red and black. | Northwestern Oregon | ||||
Curtis Creek Obsidian | Black | East central Oregon | ||||
Dacite Generic Type |
Most commonly a light to dark gray or black | Oregon | Varies | |||
Deer Creek Obsidian AKA: Burnt Butte Obsidian |
Black | Central Oregon | ||||
Delintment Lake
Obsidian AKA: Holmes Canyon, Wright's Point Obsidian |
Black | Central Oregon | ||||
Deschutes Jasper AKA: Dechutes Canyon Jasper |
Brown tones, but has tight banding not forming "landscape" patterns | North central Oregon | ||||
Devils Hill Obsidian | Ranges from a dark gray to black commonly with fine banding and spherulitic. | Central Oregon | ||||
Devils Point Obsidian | Black | Northwestern Oregon | ||||
Disaster Peak Jasper | Shaded of brown and tan with darker banding commonly forming "landscapes". | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Double O Obsidian | Black | East central Oregon | ||||
Drews Valley
Ranch Obsidian AKA: Drews Creek, Drews Reservoir Obsidian |
Ranges from a light to dark gray or black. | South central Oregon | ||||
Eagle Point Carnelian / Moss Agate | Carnelian is a salmon color and the moss agate has a light white or gray matrix with black dendritic inclusions. | Southwestern Oregon | ||||
Eagle Rock Plume Agate | Colors or plumes of blue, pink, red, brown and black, commonly has a gray matrix. | Central Oregon | ||||
East Butte Obsidian | Black | Central Oregon | ||||
East Lake Obsidian | Ranges from dark gray to black with gray and colorless banding with small rod shaped crystallites and small grains of magnetite, feldspar, and microlites. | Central Oregon | ||||
Elkhorn Ridge Argillite AKA: Haida Stone |
Ranges from a light gray to a dark or greenish gray. | West central Oregon | Elkhorn Formation | |||
Enhydro Agate | Varies in color, but has tiny air bubbles inside the material. | Oregon | ||||
Frieda Agate | Banded and ranges from colors of gray to white with green chlorite between the matrix and cortex. | North central Oregon | ||||
Glass Buttes Obsidian AKA: Aurora Borealis Obsidian, Rainbow Obsidian, Northern Lights Obsidian |
Banded with colors of black, and grays most commonly but may have bands of greens and purples. | South central Oregon | ||||
Grassy Mountain Petrified Wood | Colors of tan, brown, red blue and white with wood grain and rings commonly present. | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Graveyard Point Plume Agate | Plume agate with colors of red, yellow, and brown with a matrix of white to a bluish or grayish white. | Idaho, Oregon | ||||
Gregory Creek Obsidian AKA: Jonesboro, Sugar Butte Obsidian |
Black | East central Oregon | ||||
Guyer Creek Obsidian | Black | Southwestern Oregon | ||||
Hager Mountain
Obsidian AKA: Auger Creek Obsidian |
Black | South central Oregon | ||||
Hampton Butte Jasper | Layered with colors of tans, reds, browns, and light bluish greens. | Central Oregon | ||||
Hampton Butte Petrified Wood | Shades of light to dark bluish green, gray, tans, yellows, reds, and white. | Central Oregon | ||||
Hampton Butte Obsidian | Black with a sheen of blue and green occurring | Central Oregon | ||||
Harney Lake Chert AKA: Malheur Chert, Mud Lake Chert |
Brownish red | Southeastern Oregon | Harney Formation | |||
Hart Mountain Jasper | Colors of light to medium greenish gray, shades of pink to red, tannish or golden yellow to orange. | South central Oregon | ||||
Hart Mountain
Obsidian AKA: Deer Creek Obsidian |
Black | South central Oregon | ||||
Hawks Valley Obsidian | Black | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Hell's Canyon Agate / Petrified Wood AKA: Herringbone |
Agate has colors of brown, blue, gray, and green. Hells Canyon Petrified Wood is a light tan with darker brown wood grain or rings. | Northeastern Oregon | ||||
Hawks Valley Obsidian | Black | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Hidden Valley Jasper | Shades of red, brownish yellow, and white | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Holley (Holly) Blue Agate AKA: Ames Creek, Calapoola Purple, Sweet Home Agate |
Varying shades of blue, light shades of purple or lavender may be seen. | West central Oregon | ||||
Holleywood Ranch Petrified Wood | Shades of tans, browns, and black with wood rings and grain present. | West Central Oregon | ||||
Hoodoo Petrified Wood AKA: Hoodoo Creek Petrified Wood |
Shades of reds, orange, tans and white with wood grain and rings present.. | Northeastern Oregon | Hoodoo Formation | |||
Horse Heaven Hills Wood | Shades of white, tans, and browns with wood grain and rings present. | Central Oregon | ||||
Horse Mountain
Obsidian AKA: Alkali Lake Obsidian, Poverty Basin Obsidian |
Black | Central Oregon | ||||
Indian Creek
Obsidian AKA: Dooly Mountain Obsidian, Wallowa Obsidian |
Black | Northeastern Oregon | ||||
Inman Creek Obsidian See list |
Black | Western Oregon | ||||
Interlake Obsidian | Medium gray to black | Central Oregon | ||||
Juniper Butte Plume Agate | Has brushes and plumes of black, brown, and red. | Central Oregon | ||||
Little Garden Obsidian | Black | Central Oregon | ||||
Llao Obsidian | Black with reddish brown or a chocolate brown streaking and banding commonly occurring | Southwestern Oregon | ||||
Lowell Vitrophyre AKA: Upper Winberry Creek Vitrophyre |
Obsidian like glossy black | West central Oregon | ||||
Lucky Strike Agate | Matrix that ranges from a translucent white to light gray or brown with inclusion of white, pink, yellow, black, and green. | North central Oregon | ||||
Marston Jasper AKA: Christmas Agate |
Brecciated or mottled with colors of red, green, yellow, and white. | North central Oregon | ||||
Marston Petrified Wood | Jasper replaced wood with colors of red, yellow, brown and white. Wood grain and partial rings are present. | North central Oregon | ||||
Massacre Lake /
Guano Valley Obsidian AKA: See list |
Black | Nevada, Oregon | ||||
Maury Mountain Moss Agate / Jasper | Translucent grayish white matrix with very dense dendritic inclusion of green to brown, yellow, or rarely red. | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
McComb Butte Obsidian | Black | Central Oregon | ||||
McDermitt Jasper AKA: Gary Green Jasper |
Scenic jasper with shades of blue, brown and white | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
McDermitt Petrified Wood | Shades of dark brown with a white cortex. Wood grains and rings are present. | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
McKay Butte Obsidian | Dark bluish gray with streaking commonly occurring. | Central Oregon | ||||
Mohawk Jasper | Primarily green with shades of red, yellow, and white commonly present. | West central Oregon | ||||
Morrisonite AKA: Morrison Jasper, Carrisite Jasper |
Commonly brecciated with colors of green, red, yellow, blue, white, and black. | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Negro Rock Petrified Wood | Southeastern Oregon | |||||
Newberry Obsidian | Ranges from a dark gray to black with banding and phenocysts and small gains of magnetite, felspar, and microliotes occurring. | Central Oregon | ||||
Obsidian AKA: Volcanic Glass |
Black to black with bands of dark reds (mahogany obsidian) or white flakes (snowflake obsidian) | Oregon | Volcanic | |||
Obsidian Cliffs
Obsidian AKA: North Sisters, Obsidian Ridge, Three Sisters Obsidian |
Ranges from a pale gray to black | Northwestern Oregon | ||||
Ochoco Agate | Light pea green to olive green matrix with darker inclusions. | Central Oregon | ||||
Ochoco Carnilian | Ranges from pink to dark red | Central Oregon | ||||
Ochoco Chalcedony |
White tubes and eyes in a clear to gray chalcedony matrix |
Central Oregon | ||||
Ochoco Brilliant Jasper | Ranges in shades of red, yellow, and brown with a brilliant luster. | Central Oregon | ||||
Opal Butte Jasper | Shades of yellow, browns, and reds and commonly had seams and inclusions of translucent gray chalcedony. | North central Oregon | ||||
.Owyhee Jasper AKA: Antelope Jasper |
Scenic jasper with colors of brown, tan and cream. Colors of reds, blues, and greens may also occur | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Owyhee Obsidian AKA: Brown's Castle Obsidian, Oreana Obsidian, Toy Pass Obsidian |
Primarily black reddish brown patches and streaking may occur | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Paiute Moss Agate | Black and white to light yellow dendritic inclusions in a matrix that is nearly opaque. | East central Oregon | ||||
Palomino Picture Jasper |
Colors of brown, cream, and tan with sky blue inclusions. Reds may
occur. |
Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Paulina Lake Obsidian | Black with banding commonly occurring. | Central Oregon | ||||
Paulina Peak Obsidian | Almost colorless with very small microlites. | Central Oregon | ||||
Petrified Wood AKA: Agatized Wood, Opalized Wood |
Vary in color based on the minerals present during the process | Oregon | Varies | |||
Polka Dot Agate | Matrix white to blue and light beige to brown with spherical inclusions of white, red, orange, brown, or black. | North central Oregon | ||||
Powell Butte Agate | Clear to red or yellow translucent matrix with black or black to yellow plumes. | Central Oregon | ||||
Priday Agate | Matrix white to blue or light beige with patches of brown and dendritic plumes and moss occurring | North central Oregon | John Day Formation | |||
Quartz Mountain Obsidian | Black | Central Oregon | ||||
Radar Hill / Skull Creek Obsidian |
Ranges from a pale green to black with colors of smoky gray, turquoise,
silver, orange, blue, and red occurring. |
Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Rhyolite | Gray to grayish black, flow banding may be present alternating from light to darker gray | Oregon | Volcanic Activity | |||
Riley Obsidian | Black | East central Oregon | ||||
Rock Mesa Obsidian AKA: South Sisters Obsidian |
Black | Northwestern Oregon | ||||
Rocky Butte Jasper | Shades of brown, tans, pink, yellow, blue, and green | Northwestern Oregon | ||||
Rogers Mountain Petrified Wood | Outer cortex of white with white to tan along the outer edges and a darker center ranging from gray to black. Wood grain and rings are present. | Northwestern Oregon | ||||
Roosevelt Petrified Wood | White outer cortex with shades of white, tan and brown. Wood rings and grains are present. | Washington, Oregon | ||||
Shasta Valley Agate | Ranges from a pure milky white to a rich cream color | Oregon | ||||
Sheep Creek Moss Agate | Opaque white matrix with dendritic inclusions and plumes. | Central Oregon | ||||
Silver Lake / Sycan
Marsh Obsidian AKA: Carlon Ranch, Long Creek Obsidian |
Two types, the first is a glossy black and the other is a rough tar-like luster gray to black. | South central Oregon | ||||
Skaggs Green Jasper | Ranges from a bluish green to green | Oregon | ||||
Spodue Mountain
Obsidian' AKA: Black Hills, West Horton Obsidian |
Black | South central Oregon | ||||
Spotted Ridge Chert | Radiolarian chert with colors of black, green, and red. | Oregon | Spotted Ridge Formation | |||
Spring Mountain Jasper | Colors of brown, yellowish brown, blue and green and commonly has scenic patterns or color illustrations. | East central Oregon | ||||
Squaw Butte Obsidian | Black | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Squaw Ridge Obsidian AKA: Button Springs, Fort Rock, Hooda Ridge Obsidian |
Black with closely spaced sperulites | Central Oregon | ||||
Stinkingwater Agate | Transparent white to bluish white matrix with darker colored plumes. | East central Oregon | ||||
Stinkingwater Jasper | Shades of yellow, orange, red, and green. | East central Oregon | ||||
Stinkingwater Petrified Wood | Primarily Golden Oak and has a lighter cortex and edges with shades of white tan and brown in the interior. Wood rings and grain is present. | East central Oregon | ||||
Succor Creek Agate | Transparent white to bluish white matrix with darker colors of red, brown and black occurring towards the exterior. | East central Oregon | ||||
Succor Creek Jasper AKA: Qwyhee Jasper |
Scenic jasper with colors of tan, brown and blue | East central Oregon | ||||
Sunflower Flat Agate AKA: Sunset Agate / Jasper |
Red and yellow
jasper
agate. Commonly has a translucent matrix with yellow, brown, or red
streaks with yellow splotches. |
Northwestern Oregon | ||||
Surveyor Springs
Obsidian AKA: Rock Creek, Twelvemile Canyon Obsidian |
Black | South central Oregon | ||||
Swartz Canyon Petrified Wood | White cortex with shades of white, tan, brown, gray, and black in the interior. Wood grain and rings are present. | Central Oregon | ||||
Tucker Hill Obsidian | Black | South central Oregon | ||||
Tuff AKA: Solidified Volcanic Ash |
Contains greater than 75 volcanic ash and ranges from white to tan, gray or pink. | Oregon | Volcanic activity | |||
Venator Obsidian AKA: Horseshoe Bend, Shumway Ridge Obsidian |
Black | East central Oregon | ||||
Wagontire Obsidian | Black | East central Oregon | ||||
Wascoite Jasper AKA: Bedded Japser, Wasco Lake Bed Agate |
Mottled or banded yellow, pinks, brown and white, concentric red banding may be present. | North central Oregon | ||||
Wasco Agate | Colors of tan, white, and red. | Oregon | ||||
Whitehorse Obsidian | Ranges from black to gray or with a brownish green tint. | Southeastern Oregon | ||||
Whitewater Ridge
Obsidian AKA: Bear Valley, Foster Springs, Little Bear Creek Obsidian |
Black | Northwestern Oregon | ||||
Wildhorse Jasper | Scenic jasper with colors of brown, tan, and blue. | Northeastern Oregon | ||||
Winter Ridge
Obsidian AKA: White Rock Obsidian |
Black | South central Oregon | ||||
Witham Creek
Obsidian AKA: School Creek Obsidian |
Black | Central Oregon | ||||
Yamsay Obsidian | Black with faint banding | South central Oregon | ||||
Yreka Butte Obsidian | Black | Central Oregon |